expectation of a function of random variable in two ways

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Define the following independent random variables $$Y= cos(\theta_1)- cos(\theta_2)$$

Assume $$\theta_1, \theta_2 \sim U[-\pi,\pi]$$ then with convolution we can get $$Y\sim f_Y(y)$$

Now assume that I want to get expected value of function of Y

$$\mathbb{E}[ \frac{1}{G(Y)}]$$

Is the following true $$\mathbb{E}[ \frac{1}{G(Y)}]=\int_{-2}^{2} \frac{1}{G(y)} f_Y(y)= \int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{1}{4\pi^2}\frac{1}{G(cos\theta_1-cos\theta_2)} d\theta_1d\theta_2 $$

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