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Exsecant

The external secant function (abbreviated exsecant, symbolized exsec) is a trigonometric function defined in terms of the secant function: exsec ⁡ θ = sec ⁡ θ − 1 = 1 cos ⁡ θ − 1. {\displaystyle \operatorname {exsec} \theta =\sec \theta -1={\frac {1}{\cos \theta }}-1.}

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Exsecant

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples22
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
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Exsecant

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related to history · 12
Exsecant → American, By, Charles Haslett, Delta, Haslett's, In, Sagitta, Searles, Surveyors, The, These, Using
related to Catastrophic cancellation for small angles · 4
Exsecant → Computing, For, If, Naïvely
related to Calculus · 3
Exsecant → Integral, See, While
related to Double angle identity · 1
Exsecant → The
related to Inverse function · 1
Exsecant → The

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secant trigonometric displaystyle function used angle operatorname external exsec line segment circle railroad sec versine circular theta tables track century

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this oneinstance ofthe availability of calculators and computers has removed the need for trigonometric tables of specialized functions0.80text
Exsecantrelated to CalculusWhile0.60section
Exsecantrelated to CalculusSee0.60section
Exsecantrelated to CalculusIntegral0.60section
Exsecantrelated to Catastrophic cancellation for small anglesNaïvely0.60section
Exsecantrelated to Catastrophic cancellation for small anglesComputing0.60section
Exsecantrelated to Catastrophic cancellation for small anglesFor0.60section
Exsecantrelated to Catastrophic cancellation for small anglesIf0.60section
Exsecantrelated to Double angle identityThe0.60section
Exsecantrelated to historyIn0.60section
Exsecantrelated to historySurveyors0.60section
Exsecantrelated to historyUsing0.60section

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