Converting Radians to Surds: A Helpful Table for Complex Number Calculations?

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Hi There,

Can someone please tell me where I can find a table/ data that converts radians to surds. I don't know what to call it but, for instance to tan^-1(-1) = -Pi/4 and, cos(-pi/6) = root3/2 ?

Thank you :)
 
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