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Secant

Secant function: reciprocal of cosine function: $s e c (x) = \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Syntax

sec(Real)

Description

Given a real number that is not an odd multiple of $\frac{π}{2}$ , returns $s e c (x)$ . Returns a number in the interval $(- \infty, - 1] \cup [1, + \infty)$ .

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