let r be Real; :: thesis: ( - 1 <= r & r <= 1 implies arccot r = PI - (arccot (- r)) )
set x = arccot (- r);
assume that
A1: - 1 <= r and
A2: r <= 1 ; :: thesis: arccot r = PI - (arccot (- r))
A3: - r >= - 1 by A2, XREAL_1:24;
A4: - (- 1) >= - r by A1, XREAL_1:24;
then - r = cot (arccot (- r)) by A3, Th52;
then A5: r = - (cot (arccot (- r)))
.= - ((cos (arccot (- r))) / (sin (arccot (- r)))) by SIN_COS4:def 2
.= (cos (arccot (- r))) / (- (sin (arccot (- r)))) by XCMPLX_1:188
.= (cos (arccot (- r))) / (sin (- (arccot (- r)))) by SIN_COS:31
.= (cos (- (arccot (- r)))) / (sin (- (arccot (- r)))) by SIN_COS:31
.= cot (- (arccot (- r))) by SIN_COS4:def 2 ;
- r in [.(- 1),1.] by A4, A3, XXREAL_1:1;
then A6: arccot (- r) in [.(PI / 4),((3 / 4) * PI).] by Th50;
then arccot (- r) <= (3 / 4) * PI by XXREAL_1:1;
then - (arccot (- r)) >= - ((3 / 4) * PI) by XREAL_1:24;
then A7: PI + (- (arccot (- r))) >= PI + (- ((3 / 4) * PI)) by XREAL_1:6;
PI / 4 <= arccot (- r) by A6, XXREAL_1:1;
then - (PI / 4) >= - (arccot (- r)) by XREAL_1:24;
then PI + (- (PI / 4)) >= PI + (- (arccot (- r))) by XREAL_1:6;
then A8: PI + (- (arccot (- r))) in [.(PI / 4),((3 / 4) * PI).] by A7, XXREAL_1:1;
A9: [.(PI / 4),((3 / 4) * PI).] c= ].0,PI.[ by Lm9, Lm10, XXREAL_2:def 12;
then A10: PI + (- (arccot (- r))) < PI by A8, XXREAL_1:4;
A11: cot (PI + (- (arccot (- r)))) = (cos (PI + (- (arccot (- r))))) / (sin (PI + (- (arccot (- r))))) by SIN_COS4:def 2
.= (- (cos (- (arccot (- r))))) / (sin (PI + (- (arccot (- r))))) by SIN_COS:79
.= (- (cos (- (arccot (- r))))) / (- (sin (- (arccot (- r))))) by SIN_COS:79
.= (cos (- (arccot (- r)))) / (sin (- (arccot (- r)))) by XCMPLX_1:191
.= cot (- (arccot (- r))) by SIN_COS4:def 2 ;
0 < PI + (- (arccot (- r))) by A8, A9, XXREAL_1:4;
hence arccot r = PI - (arccot (- r)) by A5, A10, A11, Th36; :: thesis: verum