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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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If α>β>γ>0\alpha>\beta>\gamma>0, then the expression cot1{β+(1+β2)(αβ)}+cot1{γ+(1+γ2)(βγ)}+cot1{α+(1+α2)(γα)}\cot ^{-1}\left\{\beta+\frac{\left(1+\beta^2\right)}{(\alpha-\beta)}\right\}+\cot ^{-1}\left\{\gamma+\frac{\left(1+\gamma^2\right)}{(\beta-\gamma)}\right\}+\cot ^{-1}\left\{\alpha+\frac{\left(1+\alpha^2\right)}{(\gamma-\alpha)}\right\} is equal to :

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cot1(αβ+1αβ)+cot1(βγ+1βγ)+cot1(αγ+1γα)tan1(αβ1+αβ)+tan1(βγ1+βγ)+π+tan1(γα1+γα)(tan1αtan1β)+(tan1βtan1γ)+(π+tan1γtan1α)π\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\alpha \beta+1}{\alpha-\beta}\right)+\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\beta \gamma+1}{\beta-\gamma}\right)+\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{\alpha \gamma+1}{\gamma-\alpha}\right) \\ & \Rightarrow \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\alpha-\beta}{1+\alpha \beta}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\beta-\gamma}{1+\beta \gamma}\right)+\pi+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\gamma-\alpha}{1+\gamma \alpha}\right) \\ & \Rightarrow\left(\tan ^{-1} \alpha-\tan ^{-1} \beta\right)+\left(\tan ^{-1} \beta-\tan ^{-1} \gamma\right)+\left(\pi+\tan ^{-1} \gamma-\tan ^{-1} \alpha\right) \\ & \Rightarrow \pi \end{aligned}

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