Equivalent of tan(t) near Pi/2

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Homework Statement



How can you get an equivalent of tan(t) in the neighborhood of Pi/2?

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the answer is 1/(Pi/2-t)

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I tryed to use a Taylor's expansion but the problem is that tan(Pi/2) does not exist.



Thanks for your help!
 
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How about doing a Taylor expansion for tan^(-1) t instead?
 
cot(pi/2) exists. And tan(x)=1/cot(x).