Sec[ArcCot[z]] == Sqrt[1 + 1/z^2]

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<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <mi> sec </mi> <mo> &#8289; </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <msup> <mi> cot </mi> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mn> 1 </mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo> ( </mo> <mi> z </mi> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> &#10869; </mo> <msqrt> <mrow> <mn> 1 </mn> <mo> + </mo> <mfrac> <mn> 1 </mn> <msup> <mi> z </mi> <mn> 2 </mn> </msup> </mfrac> </mrow> </msqrt> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <sec /> <apply> <arccot /> <ci> z </ci> </apply> </apply> <apply> <power /> <apply> <plus /> <cn type='integer'> 1 </cn> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> 1 </cn> <apply> <power /> <apply> <power /> <ci> z </ci> <cn type='integer'> 2 </cn> </apply> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> </apply> </apply> </apply> <cn type='rational'> 1 <sep /> 2 </cn> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>

Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", RowBox[List["Sec", "[", RowBox[List["ArcCot", "[", "z_", "]"]], "]"]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", SqrtBox[RowBox[List["1", "+", FractionBox["1", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]]]]]]]]

2001-10-29