#15179: Function_cot.__evalf_() missing some cases
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   Reporter:  burcin     |            Owner:
       Type:  defect     |           Status:  new
   Priority:  major      |        Milestone:  sage-5.12
  Component:  symbolics  |         Keywords:
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 From [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-
 support/TpG75SlXTRE/wo8rGfE76W8J this sage-support thread]:

 {{{
 sage: u = cot(pi*x)
 sage: u.is_zero()
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 AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call
 last)
 <snip>
 /home/burcin/sage/sage-5.11.beta3/local/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/sage/functions/trig.pyc in _evalf_(self, x, parent)
     377         if parent is float:
     378             return 1/math.tan(x)
 --> 379         return x.cot()
     380
     381     def _derivative_(self, x, diff_param=None):
 <snip>
 AttributeError: 'sage.rings.complex_interval.ComplexIntervalFieldElement'
 object has no attribute 'cot'
 }}}

 There are many objects which end up as `x` in `Function_cot._evalf_()`
 that do not support `.cot()`.

 We should check if the other functions in `sage/functions/trig.py` handle
 more input types properly.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/15179>
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