ArcSech[-Infinity] == (I Pi)/2

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<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <msup> <mi> sech </mi> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mn> 1 </mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mi> &#8734; </mi> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> &#10869; </mo> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi> &#8520; </mi> <mo> &#8290; </mo> <mi> &#960; </mi> </mrow> <mn> 2 </mn> </mfrac> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <arcsech /> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> <infinity /> </apply> </apply> <apply> <times /> <imaginaryi /> <pi /> <apply> <power /> <cn type='integer'> 2 </cn> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> </apply> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>

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2001-10-29