Gudermannian function
The Gudermannian function relates the circular
and hyperbolic trigonometric functions without resorting to complex numbers. It is defined by
The following identities follow:
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The inverse,
is the core of the Mercator projection.
The following identities also hold:
Ref: CRC Handbook of Mathematical Sciences 5th ed. pp323–5
