Definition:Hyperbolic Secant/Definition 2

Definition
The hyperbolic secant function is defined on the complex numbers as:


 * $\sech: X \to \C$:


 * $\forall z \in X: \sech z := \dfrac 1 {\cosh z}$

where:
 * $\cosh$ is the hyperbolic cosine
 * $X = \set {z: z \in \C, \ \cosh z \ne 0}$

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Hyperbolic Secant


 * Definition:Hyperbolic Sine
 * Definition:Hyperbolic Cosine
 * Definition:Hyperbolic Tangent
 * Definition:Hyperbolic Cotangent
 * Definition:Hyperbolic Cosecant