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arc sine

mathematics

Also known as: inverse sine, sin-1

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importance in trigonometry

In trigonometry: Analytic trigonometry
…the sine function is written arcsin or sin⁻¹, thus sin⁻¹(sin x) = sin (sin⁻¹ x) = x. The other trigonometric inverse functions are defined similarly.
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