\(\begin{array}{l}f'({x_0}) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} \frac{{f(x) - f({x_0})}}{{x - {x_0}}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} \frac{{\cot x - \cot {x_0}}}{{x - {x_0}}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} \frac{{\cot x - \cot {x_0}}}{{x - {x_0}}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} \frac{{\frac{{\cos x}}{{\sin x}} - \frac{{\cos {x_0}}}{{\sin {x_0}}}}}{{x - {x_0}}}\\ = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} \frac{{\frac{{\cos x\sin {x_0} - \cos {x_0}\sin x}}{{\sin x\sin {x_0}}}}}{{x - {x_0}}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {x_0}} - \frac{1}{{\sin x\sin {x_0}}} = - \frac{1}{{{{\sin }^2}{x_0}}}\\ \Rightarrow f'(x) = (\cot x)' = - \frac{1}{{{{\sin }^2}x}} = \end{array}\)