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Hex Value | $C5 |
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cos⁻¹(
Overview
Returns arccosine of a real number, expression, or list.
Availability: Token available everywhere.
Syntax
cos⁻¹(value)
Arguments
Name | Type | Optional |
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⁻¹ | real|expression|real[] | |
value | real|expression|real[] |
Location
2nd, cos⁻¹
Description
cosֿ¹( returns the arccosine of its argument. It is the inverse of cos(, which means that cosֿ¹(n) produces an angle θ such that cos(θ)=n.
Like cos(, the result of cosֿ¹( depends on whether the calculator is in Radian or Degree mode. However, unlike cosine, the result is in degrees or radians, not the argument. A full rotation around a circle is 2π radians, which is equal to 360°. The conversion of θ=cosֿ¹(n) from radians to degrees is θ180/π and from degrees to radians is θπ/180. The cosֿ¹( command also works on a list.
The cosֿ¹( function can be defined for all real and complex numbers, but assumes real values only in the closed interval [-1,1]. Because Z80 calculators have their trigonometric functions and inverses restricted only to real values, the calculator will throw ERR:DOMAIN if the argument is outside of this interval, no matter what the mode setting may be.
In radians:
:cosֿ¹(-1)
3.141592654
In degrees:
:cosֿ¹(-1)
180
Advanced Uses
Since the function cosine itself doesn't have the restrictions that arccosine does, and since arccosine is the inverse of cosine, you can use cosֿ¹(cos( to keep a variable within a certain range (most useful for the home screen). Here is an example for a game like pong. The ball travels between 0 and 12.
You could use a flag like this:
:If X=12 or not(X \\ X is the position
:-D→D \\ D is the direction
:X+D→X \\ new position
:Output(8,X,"=
An easier way to do this, without needing a flag or even an If statement, is using cosֿ¹(cos(
:X+1→X \\ Note: the calculator is in Degree mode
:Output(8,cosֿ¹(cos(15X))/15,"=") \\ I used 15 because cosֿ¹ ranges from [0,180]
and X from [0,12], so 180/12=15
Error Conditions
- ERR:DOMAIN is thrown if you supplied an argument outside the interval [-1,1]
- ERR:DATA TYPE is thrown if you input a complex value or a matrix.
Related Commands
Source: parts of this page were written by the following TI|BD contributors: burr, DarkerLine, GoVegan, Myles_Zadok, simplethinker, thornahawk.
History
Calculator | OS Version | Description |
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TI-82 | 1.0 | cos⁻¹ added |
TI-83 | 0.01013 | Renamed cos⁻¹ to cos⁻¹( |