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How do you 1/(cos(x)^2) in partial fractions?

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cos (x)
$$\frac{1}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$$
1/(cos(x)^2)
Fraction decomposition [src]
cos(x)^(-2)
$$\frac{1}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$$
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cos (x)
Numerical answer [src]
cos(x)^(-2)
cos(x)^(-2)
Powers [src]
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              2
/ I*x    -I*x\ 
|e      e    | 
|---- + -----| 
\ 2       2  / 
$$\frac{1}{\left(\frac{e^{i x}}{2} + \frac{e^{- i x}}{2}\right)^{2}}$$
(exp(i*x)/2 + exp(-i*x)/2)^(-2)
Trigonometric part [src]
             2
/       2/x\\ 
|1 + tan |-|| 
\        \2// 
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             2
/       2/x\\ 
|1 - tan |-|| 
\        \2// 
$$\frac{\left(\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1\right)^{2}}{\left(1 - \tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}\right)^{2}}$$
              2
 /       2/x\\ 
 |1 + cot |-|| 
 \        \2// 
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              2
/        2/x\\ 
|-1 + cot |-|| 
\         \2// 
$$\frac{\left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1\right)^{2}}{\left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}$$
   2/pi    \
csc |-- - x|
    \2     /
$$\csc^{2}{\left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}$$
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    -1 + cot (x)
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    1 + cot (x) 
$$\frac{2}{\frac{\cot^{2}{\left(x \right)} - 1}{\cot^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1} + 1}$$
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1 + cos(2*x)
$$\frac{2}{\cos{\left(2 x \right)} + 1}$$
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       /pi      \
1 + sin|-- + 2*x|
       \2       /
$$\frac{2}{\sin{\left(2 x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
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    sec(2*x)
$$\frac{2}{1 + \frac{1}{\sec{\left(2 x \right)}}}$$
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    1 - tan (x)
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    1 + tan (x)
$$\frac{2}{\frac{1 - \tan^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1} + 1}$$
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sec (x)
$$\sec^{2}{\left(x \right)}$$
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   2/    pi\
sin |x + --|
    \    2 /
$$\frac{1}{\sin^{2}{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}$$
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       /pi      \
    csc|-- - 2*x|
       \2       /
$$\frac{2}{1 + \frac{1}{\csc{\left(- 2 x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}}$$
2/(1 + 1/csc(pi/2 - 2*x))