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Mathematical disambiguation
Secant
Secant
is a term in
mathematics
. It can refer to:
A
secant
line
.
Secant
, a
trigonometric
function
, given by sec(
x
) = 1/cos(
x
).
In numerical analysis, the
secant method
is a root-finding algorithm.
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01-04-2007 01:18:14
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