Elementary trigonometric functions
After having introduced the first three trigonometric functions of a given angle
, now we are going to introduce their reciprocals.
Secant:
This is the reciprocal of the
noted
.
Let’s look at the following graph.

![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Finally the
is:
Cosecant:
This is the reciprocal of the
noted
.
Let’s look at the following graph.

by AA
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Finally the
is:
Cotangent:
This is the reciprocal of the
noted
.
Let’s look at the following graph.

by AA
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Finally the
is:
We can also see that:
by AA
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
We get:
![]()
Finally:

Be the first to comment