Since math is a minimalistic science, what's the idea of defining such a thing like cosecant or secant?

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As we all know, math is a minimalistic science. For example we don't put into the definition of differentiable functions that they have to be continuous. So my question is this:

What's the idea of defining such a thing like cosecant or secant? I have never seen their use in math or other science.

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If you're asking how they are defined then: $$\sec(x) = \frac{1}{\cos(x)}$$ and $$\csc(x) = \frac{1}{\sin(x)}$$

If you're asking when the are used, almost everything in higher level math or physics relies on some knowledge of trigonometry. For example, when you take a Complex Analysis Class, knowledge of trigonometric functions is heavily used.