Solution

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Work on an interval with and , as required by the original equation. Set , so , and obtain . Where , separation of variables gives and therefore
The solutions lost by division by are , and they are included by . On a fixed local branch one can write
The integer is fixed along a connected regular branch. Implicit differentiation recovers the original equation whenever . The boundary is excluded because the original tangent function has a pole there.

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