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Derivative of the inverse cosine
The first derivative of the inverse cosine is
Explanation
We start with the definition of the inverse cosine
Differentiation gives
Now we apply the chain rule
Turning over delivers
We want to trace this back to a function that only contains cos y, because we can then replace that with x, and in the conversion table we find
Substitution of y = arccos x and cos y = x gives