Secant: Specific values (formula 01.11.03.0117)

Sec

$Mathematica Notation$

Elementary Functions

Sec[z]

Specific values

Values at fixed points

http://functions.wolfram.com/01.11.03.0117.01

Input Form

Sec[(3 Pi)/2] == ComplexInfinity

Standard Form

Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["Sec", "[", FractionBox[RowBox[List["3", "\[Pi]"]], "2"], "]"]], "\[Equal]", "ComplexInfinity"]]]]

MathML Form

<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <mi> sec </mi> <mo> ⁡ </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mfrac> <mrow> <mn> 3 </mn> <mo> ⁢ </mo> <mi> π </mi> </mrow> <mn> 2 </mn> </mfrac> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> <mo> ⩵ </mo> <mover> <mi> ∞ </mi> <mo> ~ </mo> </mover> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <sec /> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> 3 </cn> <pi /> <apply> <power /> <cn type='integer'> 2 </cn> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> </apply> </apply> </apply> <apply> <ci> OverTilde </ci> <infinity /> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>

Rule Form

Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", RowBox[List["Sec", "[", FractionBox[RowBox[List["3", " ", "\[Pi]"]], "2"], "]"]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", "ComplexInfinity"]]]]

Date Added to functions.wolfram.com (modification date)

2001-10-29