Question

$$\sum\limits_{r = 1}^\infty {{{\tan }^{ - 1}}} \left( {\frac{1}{{1 + r + {r^2}}}} \right) = {.....}$$

A. $$\frac{\pi }{2}$$
B. $$\frac{\pi }{4}$$  
C. $$\frac{2\pi }{3}$$
D. None
Answer :   $$\frac{\pi }{4}$$
Solution :
$$\eqalign{ & \frac{1}{{1 + r + {r^2}}} = \frac{1}{{1 + r\left( {r + 1} \right)}} = \frac{{\frac{1}{{r\left( {r + 1} \right)}}}}{{1 + \frac{1}{{r\left( {r + 1} \right)}}}} = \frac{{\frac{1}{r} - \frac{1}{{r + 1}}}}{{1 + \frac{1}{r}\left( {\frac{1}{{r + 1}}} \right)}} \cr & \therefore {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{1}{{1 + r + {r^2}}}} \right) = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{r} - {\tan ^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{{r + 1}} \cr & \therefore \sum\limits_{r = 1}^\infty {{{\tan }^{ - 1}}} \left( {\frac{1}{{1 + r + {r^2}}}} \right) = {\tan ^{ - 1}}1 = \frac{\pi }{4} \cr} $$

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Trigonometry >> Inverse Trigonometry Function

Releted Question 1

The value of $$\tan \left[ {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{4}{5}} \right) + {{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{2}{3}} \right)} \right]$$      is

A. $$\frac{6}{{17}}$$
B. $$\frac{7}{{16}}$$
C. $$\frac{16}{{7}}$$
D. none
Releted Question 2

If we consider only the principle values of the inverse trigonometric functions then the value of $$\tan \left( {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{{5\sqrt 2 }} - {{\sin }^{ - 1}}\frac{4}{{\sqrt {17} }}} \right)$$      is

A. $$\frac{{\sqrt {29} }}{3}$$
B. $$\frac{{29}}{3}$$
C. $$\frac{{\sqrt {3}}}{29}$$
D. $$\frac{{3}}{29}$$
Releted Question 3

The number of real solutions of $${\tan ^{ - 1}}\sqrt {x\left( {x + 1} \right)} + {\sin ^{ - 1}}\sqrt {{x^2} + x + 1} = \frac{\pi }{2}$$         is

A. zero
B. one
C. two
D. infinite
Releted Question 4

If $${\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {x - \frac{{{x^2}}}{2} + \frac{{{x^3}}}{4} - .....} \right) + {\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{x^2} - \frac{{{x^4}}}{2} + \frac{{{x^6}}}{4} - .....} \right) = \frac{\pi }{2}$$             for $$0 < \left| x \right| < \sqrt 2 ,$$   then $$x$$ equals

A. $$ \frac{1}{2}$$
B. 1
C. $$ - \frac{1}{2}$$
D. $$- 1$$

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