DIFFERENTIATION OF

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
 TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS
Kinds of transcendental functions:
1.logarithmic and exponential functions
2.trigonometric and inverse trigonometric
functions
3.hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions
 Note:
Each pair of functions above is an inverse to
each other.
HYPERBOLIC IDENTITIES
DIFFERENTIATION FORMULA
Derivative of Hyperbolic Function
EXAMPLE:
A. Find the derivative of each of the following functions
and simplify the result:

1. y  sinh x cosh 2 x 4. y  ln sinh x 2

y'  2 sinh x sinh 2x  cosh 2x cosh x 2 x cosh x 2
y'  2
2 2
y'  2 sinh x(2 sinh x cosh x)  cosh x(cosh x  sinh x) sinh x
y'  cosh x(5 sinh2 x  cosh2 x) y'  2 x coth x 2
2. y  x sec h x 5. y  coth x sec h x
y'  x(  sec h x tanh x )  sec h x y'  coth x(  sec h x tanh x )  sec h x(  csc h 2 x )
y'  sec h x( 1  x tanh x )

y'   sec h x coth x tanh x  csc h x
2

3. y  sec h 2 x y'   sec h x1  csc h x 
2

y'  2 sec h x sec h x tanh x y'   sec h x coth2 x

y'  2 sec h 2 x tanh x y '   coth x csc hx
6. y  ln coth 2 x 7. y  arccos coth x
 2 coth x csc h 2 x  csc h 2 x
y'  y'  
coth 2 x 1  coth 2 x
1 csc h 2 x
2 y' 
y'  sinh 2 x  csc h 2 x
cosh x
sinh x csc h 2 x   csc h 2 x
y' 
2 2  csc h 2 x   csc h 2 x
y'  
cosh x sinh x 2
y'   csc h2x
4
y'  
sinh 2 x

y'  4 csc h 2 x
8. y  arctan(sin h x 2 )

2 x cosh x 2
y' 
1   sinh x 2 
2

2 x cosh x 2
y' 
 cosh x 2 2

y'  2 x sec h x 2
EXERCISES:
A. Find the derivative and simplify the result.
1. f  x   sinh x 2 7. f  y   coth ln y 

2. F  w  sec h 2 4 w 8. h x   e x cosh x

3. G  x   tanh 3 x 9. f  x   tan 1  sinh 2 x 

4. g  t   cosh t 3 10. g  x    sinh x 

x

1
5. h x   coth 11 . g  x   sin 1  tanh x 2 
x
6. g  x   ln tanh x  12. f  x   x sinh x , x  0
Identities: Hyperbolic Functions vs. Trigonometric Functions

Hyperbolic Functions Trigonometric Functions

cosh 2 x  sinh 2 x  1 cos 2 x  sin 2 x  1

2
1  tanh x  sec h x 2 1  tan 2 x  sec 2 x
coth 2 x  1  csc h 2 x cot 2 x  1  csc 2 x
sinh( x  y)  sinh x cosh y  cosh x sinh y sin x  y   sin x cos y  cos x sin y

cosh x  y   cosh x cosh y  sinh x sinh y cos x  y   cos x cos y sin x sin y

tan x  tan y
tanh x  y  
tanh x  tanh y tan x  y  
1  tanh x tanh y 1 tan x tan y
Identities: Hyperbolic Functions vs. Trigonometric Functions

Hyperbolic Functions Trigonometric Functions

sinh 2x = 2 sinh x cosh x sin 2x = 2sinx cosx

cosh 2x = cosh2x +sinh2x cos 2x = cos2x – sin2x

sinh 2 x   cosh 2x  1 / 2 sin 2 x  1  cos 2 x  / 2

cosh 2 x   cosh 2x  1 / 2 cos 2 x  1  cos 2x  / 2

x
cosh x  sinh x  e
x
cosh x  sinh x  e