Arccosine in terms of Arctangent

Theorem

 * $\arccos x = 2 \map \arctan {\sqrt {\dfrac {1 - x} {1 + x} } }$

where $x$ is a real number with $-1 < x \le 1$.

Proof
Let:
 * $\theta = \arccos x$

Then by the definition of arccosine:
 * $x = \cos \theta$

and:
 * $0 \le \theta < \pi$

Then:

Also see

 * Arcsine in terms of Arctangent