feat: add support for secant functionality math/base/special/sec

[AbhijitRaut04]

Resolves #225.

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• Calculates the secant for an input in radians
• Also has the benchmarks, tests and examples

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This pull request:

• resolves [RFC]: add support for computing the secant (sec) #225
• fixes [RFC]: add support for computing the secant (sec) #225

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[Planeshifter]

PR is in good shape, I think. Left some minor comments but it should be ready for merging otherwise.

[AbhijitRaut04]

Hi @Planeshifter and @kgryte,

I've made the requested changes and pushed them. Please let me know if anything else is needed. Thank you so much for your guidance throughout the process! 😊

This was my first contribution to an open-source project, and I’m thrilled to see this PR getting merged. Once again, thank you for your support!

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PR Commit Message

feat: add support for secant functionality `math/base/special/sec`

PR-URL: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/3027
Closes: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues/225

Co-authored-by: Athan Reines <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Philipp Burckhardt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Burckhardt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Athan Reines <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Athan Reines <[email protected]>

Please review the above commit message and make any necessary adjustments.

[AbhijitRaut04]

@Planeshifter Should I need to push the above changes ?

[Planeshifter]

@AbhijitRaut04 All good, I was free to apply them and merged your PR! 🎉

Thanks again for your efforts.