Secant
Secant is a term in mathematics. It can refer to:
- A secant line, in geometry
- Secant, a trigonometric function that is the reciprocal of cosine, given by <math>\sec(x)=\frac{1}{\cos(x)}</math>.
- The function is commonly denoted by <math>f(x)= sec (x)</math>
- In numerical analysis, the secant method is a root-finding algorithm.
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