Discuss the continuity of the cosine, cosecant, secant and cotangent functions,

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Discuss the continuity of the cosine, cosecant, secant and cotangent functions,

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answered Jan 17, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 15
edited Mar 6, 2018 by Vikash Kumar
 
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It is known that if g and h are two continuous functions, then

It has to be proved first that g (x) = sin x and h (x) = cos x are continuous functions. 

Let g (x) = sin x
It is evident that g (x) = sin x is defined for every real number. 

Let c be a real number. Put x = c + h

Therefore, g is a continuous function. 

Let h (x) = cos x 

It is evident that h (x) = cos x is defined for every real number. 

Let c be a real number. Put x = c + h If x ® c, then h ® 0 h (c) = cos c

Therefore, h (x) = cos x is continuous function. It can be concluded that,

Therefore, cotangent is continuous except at x = np, n Î Z

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