True or false: principal values
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- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- A principal value must lie inside the principal value branch.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- sin⁻¹(1/√2) = π/4.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- cot⁻¹(−1/√3) = 2π/3.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- If no branch is stated, you may pick any branch you like.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- When no branch is mentioned, the principal branch is meant.
Tests the one habit that decides these questions, which is checking the branch. Source: syllabus Maths Part I, Ch 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions.