The tangent curve

The tangent as a curve: At pi over 4, which is 45 degrees or 50 grads, its value is 1. That is why $\displaystyle \tan^{-1}(1)$ gave 50 grads. At $\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{2}$, the tangent has no value: the curve breaks there.

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