## Copyright 2015 Oliver Heimlich
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @documentencoding UTF-8
## @defmethod {@@infsupdec} sech (@var{X})
##
## Compute the hyperbolic secant, that is the reciprocal hyperbolic cosine.
##
## Accuracy: The result is a tight enclosure.
##
## @example
## @group
## sech (infsupdec (1))
##   @result{} ans ⊂ [0.64805, 0.64806]_com
## @end group
## @end example
## @seealso{@@infsupdec/cosh, @@infsupdec/csch, @@infsupdec/coth}
## @end defmethod

## Author: Oliver Heimlich
## Keywords: interval
## Created: 2015-03-15

function result = sech (x)

  if (nargin ~= 1)
    print_usage ();
    return
  endif

  result = newdec (sech (x.infsup));
  ## sech is defined and continuous everywhere
  result.dec = min (result.dec, x.dec);

endfunction

%!# from the documentation string
%!assert (isequal (sech (infsupdec (1)), infsupdec ("[0x1.4BCDC50ED6BE7p-1, 0x1.4BCDC50ED6BE8p-1]_com")));
