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Higher-order derivatives of $(e^x + e^{-x})^{-1}$
I am currently trying to build the derivatives of $$f(x) = \frac{1}{e^x+e^{-x}}.$$
It is fairly straightforward to obtain
$$ \frac{d^n f}{dx^n} = \frac{P_n(e^x)}{e^{(n-1)\cdot x} (e^x+e^{-x})^{n+1}}, $...