Questions tagged [hyperbolic-functions]

For questions related to hyperbolic functions: $\sinh$, $\cosh$, $\tanh$, and so on.

The hyperbolic functions are analogs of the usual trigonometric functions; we may define such functions as the hyperbolic sine

$$\sinh{x} = \frac{e^x - e^{-x}}{2}$$

and the hyperbolic cosine

$$\cosh{x} = \frac{e^x + e^{-x}}{2}$$

as well as the hyperbolic tangent

$$\tanh{x} = \frac{\sinh{x}}{\cosh{x}}=\frac{e^x - e^{-x}}{e^x + e^{-x}}$$

These functions are differentiable. More precisely, $\cosh'=\sinh$, $\sinh'=\cosh$, and $\tanh'=1-\tanh^2$.

Just as the point $(\cos{t}, \sin{t})$ describes a point on the unit circle $x^2 + y^2 = 1$, the point $(\cosh{t}, \sinh{t})$ defines a point on the unit hyperbola $x^2 - y^2 = 1$.

Reference: Hyperbolic function.

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Solve $3\cosh(x)+2\sinh(2x) =0$

When trying to solve $$3\cosh(x)+2\sinh(2x)=0$$ I have subbed in the definitions of the cosh and sinh functions: $${\cosh x=\frac{e^{x}+e^{-x}}{2}}$$ $${\sinh x=\frac{e^{x}-e^{-x}}{2}}$$ Which has given me: $$\frac{3e^{x}+3e^{-x}}{2}…
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Expanding sin(x-iy)

I’m self studying through Stroud’s Engineering Mathematics 7th Ed. and can’t seem to figure out how one of the answers was arrived at. Here is the question: “Obtain the expansion of $\sin(x-iy)$ in terms of the trigonometric and hyperbolic…
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Prove $~\cosh x > x~,~~~ \forall ~~x~$

Exercise $5.1$, question 13 of the AQA Further Mathematics for core year 1 and AS has the following question: $a) ~~$Sketch the curve $~y = \cosh x~$ and the line $~y = x~$ on the same axes. Prove that $~\cosh x > x~,~~ \forall ~x~$. This exercise…
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How to linearize this hyperbola?

I want to linearize this hyperbola but I am struggling with it, I have used the inverse of y, but the x+a doesn't let me define the new variables $$y=\frac{x+a}{b x+c}$$
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Can I find $a$ and $b$ so that $\cosh(ax) - \cosh(bx) = \cosh(cx)$?

I want to find $a$ and $b$ in terms of $c \in \mathbb R$ that satisfy $$\cosh(ax) - \cosh(bx) = \cosh(cx)$$ How can I? There are no restrictions on $a$ and $b$.
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Hyperboloid equation related question?

How to draw this graph please? $$4y^2 -x^2+4z^2-1 \geq 0$$
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Get arsinh from sinh

I need to establish the inverse function of the hyperbolic sine: I am trying to do this by setting $y = \sinh(x)$ and solving for $x$, however I got stuck at this: $$ y=\frac{e^x -e^{-x}}{2} $$ $$ 2y=e^x - e^{-x} $$ I dont know how to solve for x at…
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How to evaluate hyperbolic functions, involving inverses, by hand?

How does one evaluate $$\sinh(2{\sinh^{-1}{(2)}})$$ by hand?
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Expressing hyperbolic functions in terms of $e$.

Express $\tanh(-3)$ in terms of $e$, where $\tanh$ is the hyperbolic tangent. This is what I…
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Hyperbolic functions proof using $\cosh x$

Prove that $\cosh x-1\equiv \frac12(e^{0.5x}-e^{-0.5x})^2$ I'm stuck on what appears to be the last step, please could someone explain where I have made a mistake? \begin{align} \frac12(e^{0.5x}-e^{-0.5x})^2 & \equiv \frac12(\sinh(0.5x))^2 \\ &…
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Prove $\sinh(u+v-\eta)\sinh(2v)-\sinh(\eta)\sinh(u-v) = \sinh(2v-\eta)\sinh(u+v)$

How to prove ? $$\frac{\sinh(u+v-\eta)\sinh(2v)-\sinh(\eta)\sinh(u-v)}{\sinh(u+v)} = \sinh(2v-\eta)$$
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Reduction of expression algebraically

I have asked this question before and it helped me get a little further, but not at a solution. I have to algebraically reduce the expression: $\sinh(2 \cdot \sinh^{-1}(y))$ Now i had the idea of using the hyperbolic addition formulas, but i got…
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Hyperbolic equation

I have the following hyperbolic identity, which I solved, analytically: $6~\text{sech}^2 x$ $= 4 + \tanh x$ The two solutions which I get are: $x=\frac{1}{2} \ln3$ and $x=-\frac{1}{2} \ln5$ These roots, providing they are right, would satisfy the…
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Prove the identity $\tanh\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{\cosh(x)-1}{\sinh(x)}$

Prove that $$\tanh\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{\cosh(x)-1}{\sinh(x)}$$ I have started…
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When can sinh(x) and cosh(x) be equal?

I know that for large positive numbers cosh(x) and sinh(x) would almost be equal to $e^x/2$ as $e^{-x}/2$ would become negligible given the magnitude of x in both cases. And so for a number like 31427.7920639882, sinh(x) and cosh(x) are equal. Apart…