Any idea for sketching $y=g(x)$ where $\tan (g(x))=\frac {x}{1+x^2}$, $g(0)=\pi$ and $-\infty\lt x\lt\infty$?

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My attempt. I used the identity $\arctan(\alpha)\pm\arctan(\beta)=\arctan\left(\frac{\alpha\pm \beta}{1\mp \alpha\beta}\right)$ to rewrite $\arctan\left(\frac{x}{1+x^2}\right)$ as a sum of two $\arctan$'s, but I found that it did not help much with the sketch. Then I have been stuck until now. Any hint would be appreciated. Thank you!


Remark.
In case that someone wants to sketch some similar but more challenging function, the last part of the original question is to sketch $h(x)$ where $\tan(h(x))=\frac {x}{1-x^2}$, $-\infty\lt x\lt\infty$, and $h(0)=\pi$.
Last, this problem has been solved, but any new approach is always welcome. Thanks!

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$$\frac{d(\arctan(\frac{x}{1+x^2}))}{dx}=\frac{1}{1+\frac{x^2}{(1+x^2)^2}}.\frac{1+x^2-2x^2}{(1+x^2)^2}$$ $$f'(x)=\frac{1-x^2}{x^4+3x^2+1}$$ $$f'(x)=0,x=\pm1$$ Also $f(0)=0$

and $\lim_{x\to\pm\infty}{f(x)}=0$

Therefore the graph must be one of these:

But we know that $f(x)>0$ when $x>0$ and $f(x)<0$ when $x<0$ So it is the first one.

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$g(x)=\tan^{-1} \frac{x}{1+x^2}$, $g(0)=0$, $g(x)$ is an odd function. $g(\pm \infty)=0$ $$g'(x)=\frac{1-x^2}{x^4+3x^2+1}=0\implies x=\pm 1 $$ $g'(x)$ changes sign from negative to positive when we pass $x=-1$ so there is minimu and similarly max at $x=1$. Hence $f_{max}=f(1)=\tan^{-1}(1/2)=0.4634, f_{min}=-0.4634.$ Therefore $g(x)$ a curve which is continuous and odd. It passes through origin vanishes asymptotically and has a max and min at $x=\pm 1.$ See the sketch of $g(x)$ in the fig. below $g(x)$

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