Exercise 362Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Differentiation › Differentiable functionsL1Added 2 Nov 2026
Derivative of an inverse function
#inverse function#implicit differentiation#arcsine
Statement
- Let . Show that is a bijection from to and compute .
- Show that for .
Hint
Differentiate the identity . This gives .
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Solution
1. , so is strictly increasing, and at , so is a continuous bijection onto . We cannot easily write explicitly, but we can find where it takes the value : , so . Then
2. Let , so and . Then
Remark. The geometric meaning: the graph of is the mirror image of that of across the line , so slopes are inverted.