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Derivative of acos^2(x/2)

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    2/x\
acos |-|
     \2/
$$\operatorname{acos}^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}$$
acos(x/2)^2
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The first derivative [src]
       /x\   
  -acos|-|   
       \2/   
-------------
     ________
    /      2 
   /      x  
  /   1 - -- 
\/        4  
$$- \frac{\operatorname{acos}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{x^{2}}{4}}}$$
The second derivative [src]
                    /x\  
              x*acos|-|  
     2              \2/  
- ------- - -------------
        2             3/2
  -4 + x      /     2\   
              |    x |   
            4*|1 - --|   
              \    4 /   
$$- \frac{x \operatorname{acos}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{4 \left(1 - \frac{x^{2}}{4}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}} - \frac{2}{x^{2} - 4}$$
The third derivative [src]
                    /x\          2     /x\ 
                acos|-|       3*x *acos|-| 
   6*x              \2/                \2/ 
---------- - ------------- - --------------
         2             3/2              5/2
/      2\      /     2\         /     2\   
\-4 + x /      |    x |         |    x |   
             4*|1 - --|      16*|1 - --|   
               \    4 /         \    4 /   
$$- \frac{3 x^{2} \operatorname{acos}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{16 \left(1 - \frac{x^{2}}{4}\right)^{\frac{5}{2}}} + \frac{6 x}{\left(x^{2} - 4\right)^{2}} - \frac{\operatorname{acos}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{4 \left(1 - \frac{x^{2}}{4}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}}$$