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Math Formulas: Hyperbolic functions

Definitions of hyperbolic functions

ex − e−x
1. sinh x =
2
ex + e−x
2. cosh x =
2
ex − e−x sinh x
3. tanh x = x −x
=
e +e cosh x
2 1
4. csch x = =
ex − e−x sinh x
2 1
5. sech x = =
ex + e−x cosh x
ex + e−x cosh x
6. coth x = x −x
=
e −e sinh x

Derivatives
d
7. sinh x = cosh x
dx
d
8. cosh x = sinh x
dx
d
9. tanh x = sech2 x
dx
d
10. csch x = −csch x · coth x
dx
d
11. sech x = −sech x · tanh x
dx
d
12. coth x = −csch2 x
dx

Hyperbolic identities

13. cosh2 x − sinh2 x = 1

14. tanh2 x + sech2 x = 1

15. coth2 x − csch2 x = 1

16. sinh(x ± y) = sinh x · cosh y ± cosh x · sinh y

17. cosh(x ± y) = cosh x · cosh y ± sinh x · sinh y

18. sinh(2 · x) = 2 · sinh x · cosh x

19. cosh(2 · x) = cosh2 x + sinh2 x

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−1 + cosh 2x
20. sinh2 x =
2
1 + cosh 2x
21. cosh2 x =
2

Inverse Hyperbolic functions

 p 
22. sinh−1 x = ln x + x2 + 1 , x ∈ (−∞, ∞)
 p 
23. cosh−1 x = ln x + x2 − 1 , x ∈ [1, ∞)
 
1 1+x
24. tanh−1 x = ln , x ∈ (−1, 1)
2 1−x
 
1 x+1
25. coth−1 x = ln , x ∈ (−∞, −1) ∪ (1, ∞)
2 x−1
√ !
−1 1 + 1 − x2
26. sech x = ln , x ∈ (0, 1]
x
√ !
−1 1 1 − x2
27. csch x = ln + , x ∈ (−∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞)
x |x|

Derivatives of Inverse Hyperbolic functions

d 1
28. sinh−1 x = √
dx 2
x +1
d 1
29. cosh−1 x = √
dx x2 − 1
d 1
30. tanh−1 x =
dx 1 − x2
d 1
31. csch−1 x = − √
dx |x| 1 + x2
d 1
32. sech−1 x = − √
dx x 1 − x2
d 1
33. coth−1 x =
dx 1 − x2