Calculus/Hyperbolic functions

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TheoryEdit

Hyperbolic FunctionsEdit

DefinitionsEdit

The hyperbolic functions are defined in analogy with the trigonometric functions:

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

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

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

The reciprocal functions csch, sech, coth are defined from these functions:

${\rm {csch}}(x)={\frac {1}{\sinh(x)}}$

${\rm {sech}}(x)={\frac {1}{\cosh(x)}}$

$\coth(x)={\frac {1}{\tanh(x)}}$

Some simple identitiesEdit

$\cosh ^{2}(x)-\sinh ^{2}(x)=1$

$1-\tanh ^{2}(x)={\rm {sech}}^{2}(x)$

$\sinh(2x)=2\sinh(x)\cosh(x)$

$\cosh(2x)=\cosh ^{2}(x)+\sinh ^{2}(x)$

Derivatives of hyperbolic functionsEdit

${\frac {d}{dx}}\sinh(x)=\cosh(x)$

${\frac {d}{dx}}\cosh(x)=\sinh(x)$

${\frac {d}{dx}}\tanh(x)={\rm {sech}}^{2}(x)$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {csch}}(x)=-{\rm {csch}}(x){\rm {coth}}(x)$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {sech}}(x)=-{\rm {sech}}(x)\tanh(x)$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {coth}}(x)=-{\rm {csch}}^{2}(x)$

Principal values of the main hyperbolic functionsEdit

There is no problem in defining principal braches for sinh and tanh because they are injective. We choose one of the principal branches for cosh.

$\sinh :\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}$

$\cosh :[0,\infty ]\to [1,\infty ]$

$\tanh :\mathbb {R} \to (-1,1)$

Inverse hyperbolic functionsEdit

With the principal values defined above, the definition of the inverse functions is immediate:

${\rm {arsinh:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R} }}$

${\rm {arcosh:[1,\infty ]\to [0,\infty ]}}$

${\rm {artanh:(-1,1)\to \mathbb {R} }}$

We can define ${\rm {arcsch}}$ , ${\rm {arsech}}$ and ${\rm {arcoth}}$ similarly.

We can also write these inverses using the logarithm function,

${\rm {arsinh}}(x)=\ln {\big (}x+{\sqrt {x^{2}+1}}{\big )}$

${\rm {arcosh}}(x)=\ln {\big (}x+{\sqrt {x^{2}-1}}{\big )}$

${\rm {artanh}}(x)=\ln \left({\sqrt {\frac {1+x}{1-x}}}\right)$

These identities can simplify some integrals.

Derivatives of inverse hyperbolic functionsEdit

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {arsinh}}(x)={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1+x^{2}}}}$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {arcosh}}(x)={\frac {1}{\sqrt {x^{2}-1}}}\ ,\ x>1$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {artanh}}(x)={\frac {1}{1-x^{2}}}\ ,\ |x|<1$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {arcsch}}(x)=-{\frac {1}{|x|{\sqrt {1+x^{2}}}}}\ ,\ x\neq 0$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {arsech}}(x)=-{\frac {1}{x{\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}}}\ ,\ 0<x<1$

${\frac {d}{dx}}{\rm {arcoth}}(x)={\frac {1}{1-x^{2}}}\ ,\ |x|>1$

Transcendental FunctionsEdit

Transcendental functions are not algebraic. These include trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions and many others.