Sech

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The hyperbolic secant function $\mathrm{sech} \colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow (0,1]$ is defined by $$\mathrm{sech}(z)=\dfrac{1}{\cosh(z)}.$$ Since this function is not one-to-one, we define the inverse hyperbolic secant function as the inverse function of $\mathrm{sech}$ restricted to $[0,\infty)$.

Properties

Derivative of sech
Antiderivative of sech
Relationship between cosine, Gudermannian, and sech
Relationship between sech, inverse Gudermannian, and cos

See Also

Arcsech

References

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