The principal value used by Mathematica for the inverse trigonometric functions are

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Exploration

The first two identities are easy to explore.

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The last identity requires manipulation of the real and imaginary parts.

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The real parts should be equal in some domain set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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