Finding the roots of $\sec^2(x)=0$

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I need to find the roots of $\sec^2(x)=0$ in my works.

I know there are no real roots of this equation; are there complex roots?

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$\sec(x)=\frac2{e^{ix}+e^{-ix}}$ and since $e^{ix}$ is finite for all $x$, there is no $x\in\mathbb{C}$ that will make $\sec(x)=0$.

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$tan(x)$ is monotonously increasing with no point yielding extrema, its derivative $sec^2(x)$ is never zero either for real or complex roots.