Domain & Range of Trigonometric Functions

Functions Domain Range

(i) sin R [-1, 1]
(ii) cos R [-1, 1]
R - {x : x = (2n + 1)
(iii) tan R
𝜋/2, n ∈ z}
(iv) cot R-{x : x n 𝜋, n ∈} R
R - {x : x = (2n + 1)
(v) sec R-[-1, 1]
𝜋/2} n ∈ Z
(vi) cosec R - {x : x = n 𝜋, n ∈ Z} R - [-1, 1]

Domain & Principal value branch of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Inverse Functions Domain Principal Value Branch

sin-1 [-1, 1] [-𝜋/2, 𝜋/2]
cos-1 [-1, 1] [0, 𝜋]
cosec-1 R-(-1, 1) [-𝜋/2, 𝜋/2] - {0}
sec-1 R-(-1, 1) [0, 𝜋] - {𝜋/2}
tan-1 R [-𝜋/2, 𝜋/2]
cot-1 R (0, 𝜋)
 Properties of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Property 1

Property 2 Property 3

Property 5
Property 4
● sin-1(cos θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, if θ ∈ 0, 𝜋
● cos-1(sin θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, if θ ∈ -𝜋/2, 𝜋/2
● tan-1(cot θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, θ ∈ 0, 𝜋
● cot-1(tan θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, θ ∈ -𝜋/2, 𝜋/2
● sec-1(cosec θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, θ ∈ -𝜋/2, 0 ∪
0, 𝜋/2
● cosec-1(sec θ) = 𝜋/2 - θ, θ ∈ 0, 𝜋-{𝜋/2}
● sin-1(x) = cos-1√(1- x2), 0 ≤, x ≤ 1