RFC: add support for computing the secant (sec)

[kgryte]

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Description

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This RFC proposes adding support for computing the secant. The initial implementation is straightforward:

return 1.0 / cos( x );

Package: @stdlib/math/base/special/sec Alias: base.sec

Related Issues

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No.

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Reference implementations:

• Julia

[Tranced]

Would be great if you could assign this to me. The other mathematical functions seem like low hanging fruit too but it would be better to knock out one first.

[Planeshifter]

Awesome, thanks for your willingness to work on this! Just assigned you.

[kgryte]

@Tranced See acoth for a package on which you can model your implementation.

[kgryte]

Unassigning this issue so other contributors can feel free to work on this.

[yashshah1]

Can I work on this?

[kgryte]

@yashshah1 Sure! Go for it! Feel free to ping here or on Gitter if you encounter any issues or have any questions!

[Hritik1503]

I am interested to work on this issue under Quine. So please assign me this task to me.

[fady228]

@kgryte @Planeshifter assign this issue to me please

[Planeshifter]

@fady228 Sure, thanks for looking into adding this package!