NAME
    sech - hyperbolic secant

SYNOPSIS
    sech(x [,eps])

TYPES
    x		real
    eps		0 < real < 1, defaults to epsilon()

    return	real

DESCRIPTION
    Calculate the sech of x to the nearest or next to nearest multiple of
    epsilon, with absolute error less than .75 * abs(eps).

    sech(x) = 2/(exp(x) + exp(-x))

EXAMPLE
    ; print sech(1, 1e-5), sech(1, 1e-10), sech(1, 1e-15), sech(1, 1e-20)
    0.64805 0.6480542737 0.648054273663885 0.64805427366388539958

LIMITS
    unlike sin and cos, x must be real
    0 < eps < 1

LINK LIBRARY
    NUMBER *qsech(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)

SEE ALSO
    sinh, cosh, tanh, coth, csch
    asinh, acosh, atanh, acoth, asech, acsch
    epsilon

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