Draft:Secant (Trigonometry)
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The secant (or sec) is a trigonometric function that is equivalent to the inverse of the cosine.
The term secant was first used in the 1551 Canon doctrinae triangulorum by Georg Joachim Rheticus.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Van Brummelen, Glen; Byrne, James Steven (May 2021). "Maurolico, Rheticus, and the Birth of the Secant Function". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 52 (2): 189–211. Bibcode:2021JHA....52..189V. doi:10.1177/00218286211013202. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Pritchard, Kailyn (14 April 2023). "An analysis of the text and tables in Georg Joachim Rheticus' Canon doctrinae triangulorum". summit.sfu.ca.