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A073746
Decimal expansion of sech(1).
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6, 4, 8, 0, 5, 4, 2, 7, 3, 6, 6, 3, 8, 8, 5, 3, 9, 9, 5, 7, 4, 9, 7, 7, 3, 5, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 5, 0, 3, 2, 3, 1, 0, 8, 4, 8, 9, 3, 1, 2, 0, 7, 1, 9, 4, 2, 0, 2, 3, 0, 3, 7, 8, 6, 5, 3, 3, 7, 3, 1, 8, 7, 1, 7, 5, 9, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 1, 2, 8, 3, 0, 2, 8, 0, 8, 5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 3, 0, 7, 8, 9, 2, 8, 9, 2, 3, 8, 4, 8, 4
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
sech(x) = 2/(e^x + e^(-x)).
By the Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem, this constant is transcendental. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 14 2019
REFERENCES
Samuel M. Selby (ed.), CRC Basic Mathematical Tables, CRC Press, 1970, p. 218.
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hyperbolic Secant.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hyperbolic Functions.
FORMULA
Equals Sum_{k>=0} E(2*k) / (2*k)!, where E(k) is the k-th Euler number (A122045). - Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021
EXAMPLE
0.64805427366388539957497735322...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Sech[1], 10, 100][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) 1/cosh(1)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A068118 (continued fraction), A073743 (cosh(1)=1/A073746), A073742 (sinh(1)), A073744 (tanh(1)), A073745 (csch(1)), A073747 (coth(1)), A122045.
Sequence in context: A075495 A070652 A195487 * A010496 A199436 A035415
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Rick L. Shepherd, Aug 07 2002
STATUS
approved