Inverse

arcsin range and domain: [−1, 1] → [−π/2, π/2]

arcsin:[1,1][π2,π2]\arcsin : [-1, 1] \to [-\tfrac{\pi}{2}, \tfrac{\pi}{2}]

arcsin takes inputs in [−1, 1] and returns angles in [−π/2, π/2]. Sine repeats, so it has no true inverse until the range is restricted this way - which is why a calculator's arcsin never returns an obtuse angle, and why the Law of Sines' ambiguous case needs checking by hand.

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