Why do some books define $\cot x$ as reciprocal of $\tan x$?

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I believe $\cot x$ should be defined as $ \dfrac{\cos x}{\sin x}$ and not as $\dfrac{1}{\tan x}$

Because $\cot x$ and $\dfrac{1}{\tan x}$ aren't even the same function, they have different domains.

So for instance we know $\cot (π/2) = 0$ but $\dfrac{1}{ \tan (π/2)}$ is not even defined.

Am I correct in believing this?