Cot x = cos x / sin x cot π/4 = cot 45° = cos 45° / sin 45° We know that sin 45° and sin 45° have the same value: cos 45° = sin 45° = √2 / 2; cos 45° / sin 45° = √2/2 : √2/2 = 1 Answer: cot π/4 = 1
Because they're not inverses, not exactly. is not invertible on its entire domain because it's not one-to-one. There are infinitely many values of such that , for example.
The standard function has a domain of and outputs values between and . This means that its inverse, , is indeed its inverse as long as .
is larger than and thus does not fall in the "invertible part" of the domain of . We have
which is a value between -1 and 1, so that
If we wanted to recover , we'd have to redefine or define a new inverse function that works on a different branch of the domain of .