The value of

$$\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{13} {{1 \over {\sin \left( {{\pi \over 4} + {{\left( {k - 1} \right)\pi } \over 6}} \right)\sin \left( {{\pi \over 4} + {{k\pi } \over 6}} \right)}}} $$ is equal to

Let $$S = \left\{ {x \in \left( { - \pi ,\pi } \right):x \ne 0, \pm {\pi \over 2}} \right\}.$$ The sum of all distinct solutions of the equation $$\sqrt 3 \,\sec x + \cos ec\,x + 2\left( {\tan x - \cot x} \right) = 0$$ in the set S is equal to

For $$x \in \left( {0,\pi } \right),$$ the equation $$\sin x + 2\sin 2x - \sin 3x = 3$$ has

The number of points in $$\left( { - \infty \,\infty } \right),$$ for which $${x^2} - x\sin x - \cos x = 0,$$ is