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The identity has been wrongly stated. It should be:

(cosecθ-cotθ)2=(1-cosθ)/(1+cosθ).

Take the right-hand side expression and multiply top and bottom by 1-cosθ:

(1-cosθ)2/(1-cos2θ)=(1-2cosθ+cos2θ)/sin2θ=

cosec2θ-2cotθcosecθ+cot2θ=(cosecθ-cotθ)2, which is the left-hand side.

This proves (cosecθ-cotθ)2=(1-cosθ)/(1+cosθ) QED

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