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Math Formulas: Hyperbolic functions

Definitions of hyperbolic functions

ex ex
1. sinh x =
2
ex + ex
2. cosh x =
2
ex ex sinh x
3. tanh x = x x
=
e +e cosh x
2 1
4. csch x = =
ex ex sinh x
2 1
5. sech x = =
ex + ex cosh x
ex + ex 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. sinh1 x = ln x + x2 + 1 , x (, )
 p 
23. cosh1 x = ln x + x2 1 , x [1, )
 
1 1+x
24. tanh1 x = ln , x (1, 1)
2 1x
 
1 x+1
25. coth1 x = ln , x (, 1) (1, )
2 x1
!
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. sinh1 x =
dx 2
x +1
d 1
29. cosh1 x =
dx x2 1
d 1
30. tanh1 x =
dx 1 x2
d 1
31. csch1 x =
dx |x| 1 + x2
d 1
32. sech1 x =
dx x 1 x2
d 1
33. coth1 x =
dx 1 x2