Noun
gudermannian (plural gudermannians)
Alternative form of Gudermannian
Gudermannian (plural Gudermannians)
(mathematics) A particular function,
g
d
(
x
)
=
2
tan
−
1
e
x
−
π
2
{\displaystyle \mathrm {gd} (x)=2\tan ^{-1}e^{x}-{\frac {\pi }{2}}}
.
The Gudermannian function gives a direct relationship between the circular functions and the hyperbolic ones that does not involve complex numbers. Source: Internet