# cotangent

The cotan trigonometric function to calculate the cotangent of an angle in radians, degrees or gradians.
cotan(1/2), returns 1.83048772171

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#### Summary :

The cotan trigonometric function to calculate the cotangent of an angle in radians, degrees or gradians.

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# Cotangent function

The trigonometric function cotangent noted cotan, is a cotangent calculator, it allows online calculation of the cotangent of an angle, it is possible to use different angular units : degrees, gradians or radians wich is the default angular unit .
The cotangent is the inverse of the tangent : cotan(x)=1/tan(x) .

## Calculation of the cotangent

### Calculating the cotangent of an angle in radians

To calculate cotangent cotangent of an angle in radians, you must first select the desired unit by clicking on the options button calculation module. Once this action, you can start your calculations.

So to calculate cotangent of pi/6, enter cotan(pi/6), after calculation, the result is returned.

### Calculating the cotangent of an angle in degrees

To calculate online the cotangent of an angle in degrees, you must first select the desired unit by clicking on the options button calculation module. Once this action, you can start your calculations.

So to calculate the cotangent of 60, you must enter cotan (60), after calculation, the result is returned.

To calculate the cotangent cotangent of 60, enter cotan(60), after calculation, the result is returned.

### Calculating the cotangent of an angle in gradians

To calculate the cotangent of an angle in gradians, you must first select the desired unit by clicking on the options button calculation module. Once this action, you can start your calculations.

To calculate cotangent of 50, enter cotan(50), after computation, the result is returned.

## Derivative of cotangent

The derivative of the cotangent is equal to -1/sin(x)^2.

## Antiderivative of cotangent

The antiderivative of the cotangent is equal to ln(sin(x)).

The cotan trigonometric function to calculate the cotangent of an angle in radians, degrees or gradians.

#### Syntax :

cotan(x) where x is a number.

#### Examples :

cotan(1/2), returns 1.83048772171

#### Derivative cotangent :

To differentiate function cotangent online, it is possible to use the derivative calculator which allows the calculation of the derivative of the cotangent function

The derivative of cotan(x) is derivative(""cotan""(x))=-1/sin(x)^2

#### Antiderivative cotangent :

Antiderivative calculator allows to calculate an antiderivative of cotangent function.

An antiderivative of cotan(x) is antiderivative(""cotan""(x))=ln(sin(x))

#### Limit cotangent :

The limit calculator allows the calculation of limits of the cotangent function.

The limit of cotan(x) is limit(""cotan""(x))

#### Graphic cotangent :

The graphing calculator is able to plot cotangent function in its definition interval.

#### Property of the function cotangent :

The cotangent function is an odd function.
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