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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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Let a1=1,a2,a3,a4,.a_{1}=1, a_{2}, a_{3}, a_{4}, \ldots .. be consecutive natural numbers. Then tan1(11+a1a2)+tan1(11+a2a3)+..+tan1(11+a2021a2022)\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{1} a_{2}}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{2} a_{3}}\right)+\ldots . .+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{2021} a_{2022}}\right) is equal to :

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a1=1,a2,a3,a4,.a_{1}=1, a_{2}, a_{3}, a_{4}, \ldots .. be consecutive natural numbers. a2=2,a3=3,.,a2021=2021,a2022=2022tan1[11+a1a2]=tan1[11+12]=tan1(1)tan1(12)tan1[11+a2a3]=tan1[11+23]=tan1(12)tan1(13)\begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad a_2=2, a_3=3, \ldots ., a_{2021}=2021, a_{2022}=2022 \\\\ & \tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+a_1 a_2}\right]=\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+1 \cdot 2}\right]=\tan ^{-1}(1)-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \\\\ & \tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+a_2 a_3}\right]=\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+2 \cdot 3}\right]=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{3}\right) \end{aligned} . . . . tan1[11+a2021a2022]=tan1[11+20212022]=tan1(12021)tan1(12022)\begin{aligned} \tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+a_{2021} a_{2022}}\right] & =\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{1}{1+2021 \cdot 2022}\right] \\\\ & =\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2021}\right)-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2022}\right) \end{aligned} \therefore tan1(11+a1a2)+tan1(11+a2a3)+..+tan1(11+a2021a2022)\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{1} a_{2}}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{2} a_{3}}\right)+\ldots . .+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+a_{2021} a_{2022}}\right) =tan1(1)tan1(12022)=π4cot1(2022)=\tan ^{-1}(1)-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2022}\right)=\frac{\pi}{4}-\cot ^{-1}(2022) =π4(π2tan1(2022))=tan1(2022)π4=\frac{\pi}{4}-\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\tan ^{-1}(2022)\right)=\tan ^{-1}(2022)-\frac{\pi}{4}

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