Description: The closure of the secant function with a complex argument. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 14-Mar-2014)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | seccl | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( sec ` A ) e. CC ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secval | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( sec ` A ) = ( 1 / ( cos ` A ) ) ) | |
| 2 | coscl | |- ( A e. CC -> ( cos ` A ) e. CC ) | |
| 3 | 2 | adantr | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( cos ` A ) e. CC ) | 
| 4 | simpr | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) | |
| 5 | 3 4 | reccld | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( 1 / ( cos ` A ) ) e. CC ) | 
| 6 | 1 5 | eqeltrd | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ ( cos ` A ) =/= 0 ) -> ( sec ` A ) e. CC ) |