The function , also denoted arccos(), where is the Cosine and the superscript denotes an
Inverse Function, not the multiplicative inverse. The Maclaurin Series for the inverse cosine range
is
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See also Cosine, Inverse Secant
References
Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, C. A. (Eds.). ``Inverse Circular Functions.'' §4.4 in
Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, 9th printing.
New York: Dover, pp. 79-83, 1972.
Beyer, W. H. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 28th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 142-143, 1987.
© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein