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NAME
asec - inverse trigonometric secant
SYNOPSIS
asec(x [,eps])
TYPES
x real, with absolute value >= 1
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the asec of x to a multiple of eps with error less in
absolute value than .75 * eps.
v = asec(x) is the number in [0, pi] for which sec(v) = x.
EXAMPLE
> print asec(2, 1e-5), asec(2, 1e-10), asec(2, 1e-15), asec(2, 1e-20)
1.0472 1.0471975512 1.047197551196598 1.04719755119659774615
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qasec(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
asin, acos, atan, acsc, acot, epsilon
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