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In [[mathematics]], '''hyperbolic functions''' are analogues of the ordinary [[trigonometric function]]s, but defined using the [[hyperbola]] rather than the [[circle]]. Just as the points {{math|(cos ''t'', sin ''t'')}} form a [[unit circle|circle with a unit radius]], the points {{math|(cosh ''t'', sinh ''t'')}} form the right half of the [[unit hyperbola]]. Also, similarly to how the derivatives of {{math|sin(''t'')}} and {{math|cos(''t'')}} are {{math|cos(''t'')}} and {{math|–sin(''t'')}} respectively, the derivatives of {{math|sinh(''t'')}} and {{math|cosh(''t'')}} are {{math|cosh(''t'')}} and {{math|+sinh(''t'')}} respectively.
 
Hyperbolic functions occurare inused to express the calculations[[angle of angles and distancesparallelism]] in [[hyperbolic geometry]]. They are used to express [[Lorentz boost]]s as [[hyperbolic rotation]]s in [[special relativity]]. They also occur in the solutions of many linear [[differential equation]]s (such as the equation defining a [[catenary]]), [[Cubic equation#Hyperbolic solution for one real root|cubic equations]], and [[Laplace's equation]] in [[Cartesian coordinates]]. [[Laplace's equation]]s are important in many areas of [[physics]], including [[electromagnetic theory]], [[heat transfer]], and [[fluid dynamics]], and [[special relativity]].
 
The basic hyperbolic functions are:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Weisstein|first=Eric W.|authorlink=Eric W. Weisstein|title=Hyperbolic Functions| url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicFunctions.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=mathworld.wolfram.com|language=en}}</ref>
* '''hyperbolic sine''' "{{math|sinh}}" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|ŋ|,_|ˈ|s|ɪ|n|tʃ|,_|ˈ|ʃ|aɪ|n}}),<ref>(1999) ''Collins Concise Dictionary'', 4th edition, HarperCollins, Glasgow, {{ISBN|0 00 472257 4}}, p. 1386</ref>
* '''hyperbolic cosine''' "{{math|cosh}}" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|ʃ|,_|ˈ|k|oʊ|ʃ}}),<ref name="Collins Concise Dictionary p. 328">''Collins Concise Dictionary'', p. 328</ref>
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[[File:Hyperbolic functions-2.svg|thumb|upright=1.4|A [[Ray (geometry)|ray]] through the [[unit hyperbola]] {{math|1=''x''<sup>2</sup> − ''y''<sup>2</sup> = 1}} at the point {{math|(cosh ''a'', sinh ''a'')}}, where {{mvar|a}} is twice the area between the ray, the hyperbola, and the {{mvar|x}}-axis. For points on the hyperbola below the {{mvar|x}}-axis, the area is considered negative (see [[:Image:HyperbolicAnimation.gif|animated version]] with comparison with the trigonometric (circular) functions).]]
 
The hyperbolic functions take a [[Real number|real]] [[argument of a function|argument]] called a [[hyperbolic angle]]. The sizemagnitude of a hyperbolic angle is twice the [[area]] of its [[hyperbolic sector]] to ''xy'' = 1. The hyperbolic functions may be defined in terms of the [[hyperbolic sector#Hyperbolic triangle|legs of a right triangle]] covering this sector.
 
In [[complex analysis]], the hyperbolic functions arise when applying the ordinary sine and cosine functions to an imaginary angle. The hyperbolic sine and the hyperbolic cosine are [[entire function]]s. As a result, the other hyperbolic functions are [[meromorphic function|meromorphic]] in the whole complex plane.
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By [[Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem]], the hyperbolic functions have a [[transcendental number|transcendental value]] for every non-zero [[algebraic number|algebraic value]] of the argument.<ref>{{Cite book | jstor=10.4169/j.ctt5hh8zn| title=Irrational Numbers | volume=11| last1=Niven| first1=Ivan| year=1985| publisher=Mathematical Association of America| isbn=9780883850381}}</ref>
 
== History ==
Hyperbolic functions were introduced in the 1760s independently by [[Vincenzo Riccati]] and [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]].<ref>Robert E. Bradley, Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Charles Edward Sandifer. ''Euler at 300: an appreciation.'' Mathematical Association of America, 2007. Page 100.</ref> Riccati used {{math|''Sc.''}} and {{math|''Cc.''}} ({{lang|la|sinus/cosinus circulare}}) to refer to circular functions and {{math|''Sh.''}} and {{math|''Ch.''}} ({{lang|la|sinus/cosinus hyperbolico}}) to refer to hyperbolic functions. Lambert adopted the names, but altered the abbreviations to those used today.<ref>Georg F. Becker. ''Hyperbolic functions.'' Read Books, 1931. Page xlviii.</ref> The abbreviations {{math|sh}}, {{math|ch}}, {{math|th}}, {{math|cth}} are also currently used, depending on personal preference.
The first known calculation of a hyperbolic trigonometry problem is attributed to [[Gerardus Mercator]] when issuing the [[Mercator projection|Mercator map projection]] circa 1566. It requires tabulating solutions to a [[transcendental equation]] involving hyperbolic functions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=George F. Becker |url=https://archive.org/details/hyperbolicfuncti027682mbp/page/n49/mode/2up?q=mercator |title=Hyperbolic Functions |last2=C. E. Van Orstrand |date=1909 |publisher=The Smithsonian Institution |others=Universal Digital Library}}</ref>
 
The first to suggest a similarity between the sector of the circle and that of the hyperbola was [[Isaac Newton]] in his 1687 [[Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica|''Principia Mathematica'']].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=McMahon |first=James |url=https://archive.org/details/hyperbolicfuncti031883mbp/page/n75/mode/2up |title=Hyperbolic Functions |date=1896 |publisher=John Wiley And Sons |others=Osmania University, Digital Library Of India}}</ref>
 
[[Roger Cotes]] suggested to modify the trigonometric functions using the [[imaginary unit]] <math>i=\sqrt{-1} </math> to obtain an oblate [[spheroid]] from a prolate one.<ref name=":0" />
 
Hyperbolic functions were formally introduced in 1757 by [[Vincenzo Riccati]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Riccati used {{math|''Sc.''}} and {{math|''Cc.''}} ({{lang|la|sinus/cosinus circulare}}) to refer to circular functions and {{math|''Sh.''}} and {{math|''Ch.''}} ({{lang|la|sinus/cosinus hyperbolico}}) to refer to hyperbolic functions.<ref name=":0" /> As early as 1759, [[François Daviet de Foncenex|Daviet de Foncenex]] showed the interchangeability of the trigonometric and hyperbolic functions using the imaginary unit and extended [[de Moivre's formula]] to hyperbolic functions.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" />
 
During the 1760s, [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]] systematized the use functions and provided exponential expressions in various publications.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">Bradley, Robert E.; D'Antonio, Lawrence A.; Sandifer, Charles Edward. ''Euler at 300: an appreciation.'' Mathematical Association of America, 2007. Page 100.</ref> Lambert credited Riccati for the terminology and names of the functions, but altered the abbreviations to those used today.<ref name=":4" /><ref>Becker, Georg F. ''Hyperbolic functions.'' Read Books, 1931. Page xlviii.</ref>
 
== Notation ==
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==Definitions==
[[File:Cartesian_hyperbolic_rhombus.svg|thumb|right|250px|Right triangles with legs proportional to sinh and cosh]]
[[File:sinh cosh tanh.svg|thumb|<span style="color:#b30000;">sinh</span>, <span style="color:#00b300;">cosh</span> and <span style="color:#0000b3;">tanh</span>]]
With [[hyperbolic angle]] ''u'', the hyperbolic functions sinh and cosh can defined with the [[exponential function]] e<sup>u</sup>.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In the figure
[[File:csch sech coth.svg|thumb|<span style="color:#b30000;">csch</span>, <span style="color:#00b300;">sech</span> and <span style="color:#0000b3;">coth</span>]]
<math>A =(e^{-u}, e^u), \ B=(e^u, \ e^{-u}), \ OA + OB = OC </math> .
 
There are various equivalent ways to define the hyperbolic functions.
 
=== Exponential definitions ===
[[File:Hyperbolic and exponential; sinh.svg|thumb|right|{{math|sinh ''x''}} is half the [[Subtraction|difference]] of {{math|''e<sup>x</sup>''}} and {{math|''e''<sup>−''x''</sup>}}]]
[[File:Hyperbolic and exponential; cosh.svg|thumb|right|{{math|cosh ''x''}} is the [[Arithmetic mean|average]] of {{math|''e<sup>x</sup>''}} and {{math|''e''<sup>−''x''</sup>}}]]
 
In terms of the [[exponential function]]:<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
 
* Hyperbolic sine: the [[odd part of a function|odd part]] of the exponential function, that is, <math display="block"> \sinh x = \frac {e^x - e^{-x}} {2} = \frac {e^{2x} - 1} {2e^x} = \frac {1 - e^{-2x}} {2e^{-x}}.</math>
* Hyperbolic cosine: the [[even part of a function|even part]] of the exponential function, that is, <math display="block"> \cosh x = \frac {e^x + e^{-x}} {2} = \frac {e^{2x} + 1} {2e^x} = \frac {1 + e^{-2x}} {2e^{-x}}.</math>
[[File:sinh cosh tanh.svg|thumb|<span style="color:#b30000;">sinh</span>, <span style="color:#00b300;">cosh</span> and <span style="color:#0000b3;">tanh</span>]]
[[File:csch sech coth.svg|thumb|<span style="color:#b30000;">csch</span>, <span style="color:#00b300;">sech</span> and <span style="color:#0000b3;">coth</span>]]
* Hyperbolic tangent: <math display="block">\tanh x = \frac{\sinh x}{\cosh x} = \frac {e^x - e^{-x}} {e^x + e^{-x}}
= \frac{e^{2x} - 1} {e^{2x} + 1}.</math>
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===Hyperbolic tangent{{anchor|tanh}}===
 
The hyperbolic tangent is the (unique) solution to the [[differential equation]] {{math|1=''f''&thinsp;′ = 1 − ''f''&thinsp;<sup>2</sup>}}, with {{math|1=''f''&hairsp;(0) = 0}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Nonlinear Workbook, The: Chaos, Fractals, Cellular Automata, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Gene Expression Programming, Support Vector Machine, Wavelets, Hidden Markov Models, Fuzzy Logic With C++, Java And Symbolicc++ Programs |author1first=Willi-hansHans |last= Steeb |edition= 3rd|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company |year=2005 |isbn=978-981-310-648-2 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Qo8DQAAQBAJ}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Qo8DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA281 Extract of page 281 (using lambda=1)]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=An Atlas of Functions: with Equator, the Atlas Function Calculator |author1first1=Keith B.|last1= Oldham |author2first2=Jan |last2=Myland |author3first3=Jerome |last3=Spanier |edition=2nd, illustrated |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-387-48807-3 |page=290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrSnNeJW10YC}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=UrSnNeJW10YC&pg=PA290 Extract of page 290]</ref>
 
==Useful relations==
{{Anchor|Osborn}}
The hyperbolic functions satisfy many identities, all of them similar in form to the [[trigonometric identity|trigonometric identities]]. In fact, '''Osborn's rule'''<ref name="Osborn, 1902" /> states that one can convert any trigonometric identity (up to but not including sinhs or implied sinhs of 4th degree) for <math>\theta</math>, <math>2\theta</math>, <math>3\theta</math> or <math>\theta</math> and <math>\varphi</math> into a hyperbolic identity, by:
# expanding it completely in terms of integral powers of sines and cosines,
# changing sine to sinh and cosine to cosh, and
# switching the sign of every term containing a product of two sinhs.
 
Odd and even functions:
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<math display="block">\begin{align}
\cosh x + \sinh x &= e^x \\
\cosh x - \sinh x &= e^{-x} \\
\cosh^2 x - \sinh^2 x &= 1
\end{align}</math>
 
which are analogous to [[Euler's formula]], and
the last of which is similar to the [[Pythagorean trigonometric identity]].
 
<math display="block">
\cosh^2 x - \sinh^2 x &= 1
</math>
 
the last of which is similaranalogous to the [[Pythagorean trigonometric identity]].
 
One also has
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\end{align}</math>
 
Also:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=George E.|title=The foundations of geometry and the non-euclideanEuclidean plane|date=1986 | publisher=Springer-Verlag|___location=New York|isbn=3-540-90694-0|page=416|edition=1st corr.}}</ref>
<math display="block">\begin{align}
\sinh x - \sinh y &= 2 \cosh \left(\frac{x+y}{2}\right) \sinh \left(\frac{x-y}{2}\right)\\
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===Inequalities===
 
The following inequality is useful in statistics:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Audibert |first1=Jean-Yves |date=2009 |title=Fast learning rates in statistical inference through aggregation |publisher=The Annals of Statistics |page=1627}} [https://projecteuclid.org/download/pdfview_1/euclid.aos/1245332827]</ref>
Below are several inequalities involving hyperbolic functions, arranged from more conceptually interesting to more basic, simplified inequalities. References are preserved in the original format. Some inequalities that relate hyperbolic functions to the exponential function or provide simpler upper bounds are grouped together.
<math display="block">\operatorname{cosh}(xt) <\leq \frac{e^x + 1}{t^2 /2}, \quad x > 0.</math>
 
It can be proved by comparing the Taylor series of the two functions term by term.
1. '''Cusa-type hyperbolic inequality:'''
<math display="block">\frac{\operatorname{sinh}(x)}{x} > \operatorname{cosh}(x), \quad x > 0.</math>
This gives a hyperbolic analogue of the classical Cusa-Huygens inequality. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2010 |title=Inequalities for Hyperbolic Functions and Their Applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2010 |page=130821 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1155/2010/130821}}</ref>
 
2. '''Wilker-type hyperbolic inequality:'''
<math display="block">\left( \frac{\operatorname{sinh}(x)}{x} \right)^2 + \frac{\operatorname{tanh}(x)}{x} > 2, \quad x > 0.</math>
This is the hyperbolic analogue of Wilker’s inequality, giving a tight lower bound that mirrors classical results in trigonometry. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2010 |title=Inequalities for Hyperbolic Functions and Their Applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2010 |page=130821 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1155/2010/130821}}</ref>
 
3. '''Shafer-Fink-type hyperbolic inequality:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{tanh}(x) > \frac{2x}{2 + x^2}, \quad x > 0.</math>
This provides a neat rational lower bound for the hyperbolic tangent. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2010 |title=Inequalities for Hyperbolic Functions and Their Applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2010 |page=130821 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1155/2010/130821}}</ref>
 
4. '''Arctangent–hyperbolic tangent comparison:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{arctan}(x) \leq \frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \operatorname{tanh}(x), \quad x \geq 0.</math>
This compares an inverse trigonometric function with a scaled hyperbolic tangent function. <ref>{{cite web |title=§4.32 Inequalities ‣ Hyperbolic Functions |work=NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |url=https://dlmf.nist.gov/4.32}}</ref>
 
5. '''Hyperbolic cosine difference inequality:'''
<math display="block">|\operatorname{cosh}(x) - \operatorname{cosh}(y)| \geq |x - y| \cdot \operatorname{sinh}(x) \cdot \operatorname{sinh}(y), \quad x > 0, \; y > 0.</math>
This gives a nontrivial lower bound on the difference of hyperbolic cosines using hyperbolic sines. <ref>{{cite web |title=§4.32 Inequalities ‣ Hyperbolic Functions |work=NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |url=https://dlmf.nist.gov/4.32}}</ref>
 
6. '''Double inequality bounding hyperbolic tangent:'''
<math display="block">\sin(x) \cdot \cos(x) < \operatorname{tanh}(x) < x, \quad x > 0.</math>
This places the hyperbolic tangent between a trigonometric product and a linear function. <ref>{{cite web |title=§4.32 Inequalities ‣ Hyperbolic Functions |work=NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |url=https://dlmf.nist.gov/4.32}}</ref>
 
7. '''Hyperbolic cosine-sine cubic inequality:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{cosh}(x) \leq \left( \frac{\operatorname{sinh}(x)}{x} \right)^3, \quad x > 0.</math>
This relates hyperbolic cosine to a cubic expression in hyperbolic sine. <ref>{{cite web |title=§4.32 Inequalities ‣ Hyperbolic Functions |work=NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |url=https://dlmf.nist.gov/4.32}}</ref>
 
===Further inequalities comparing hyperbolic and exponential functions, and simple bounds===
 
8. '''Hyperbolic sine-exponential upper bound:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{sinh}(x) < \frac{e^x - 1}{2}, \quad x > 0.</math>
This bounds hyperbolic sine above by a simple exponential-based function. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2012 |title=New inequalities for hyperbolic functions and their applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2012 |page=303 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/1029-242X-2012-303}}</ref>
 
9. '''Hyperbolic cosine-exponential upper bound:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{cosh}(x) < \frac{e^x + 1}{2}, \quad x > 0.</math>
This bounds hyperbolic cosine above by another simple exponential-based function. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2012 |title=New inequalities for hyperbolic functions and their applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2012 |page=303 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/1029-242X-2012-303}}</ref>
 
10. '''Hyperbolic sine-cosh linear inequality:'''
<math display="block">\operatorname{sinh}(x)/x < \cdot \operatorname{cosh}(x).</math>
This shows that the hyperbolic sine grows slower than a linear-cosh combination. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ling |date=2012 |title=New inequalities for hyperbolic functions and their applications |journal=Journal of Inequalities and Applications |volume=2012 |page=303 |url=https://journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/1029-242X-2012-303}}</ref>
 
==Inverse functions as logarithms==
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Since the [[Circular sector#Area|area of a circular sector]] with radius {{mvar|r}} and angle {{mvar|u}} (in radians) is {{math|1=''r''<sup>2</sup>''u''/2}}, it will be equal to {{mvar|u}} when {{math|1=''r'' = {{sqrt|2}}}}. In the diagram, such a circle is tangent to the hyperbola ''xy'' = 1 at (1,1). The yellow sector depicts an area and angle magnitude. Similarly, the yellow and red regions together depict a [[hyperbolic sector]] with area corresponding to hyperbolic angle magnitude.
 
The legs of the two [[right triangle]]s with [[hypotenuse]] on the ray defining the angles are of length {{radic|2}} times the circular and hyperbolic functions.
 
The hyperbolic angle is an [[invariant measure]] with respect to the [[squeeze mapping]], just as the circular angle is invariant under rotation.<ref>[[Mellen W. Haskell|Haskell, Mellen W.]], "On the introduction of the notion of hyperbolic functions", [[Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society]] '''1''':6:155–9, [https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1895-01-06/S0002-9904-1895-00266-9/S0002-9904-1895-00266-9.pdf full text]</ref>
 
The [[Gudermannian function]] gives a direct relationship between the circular functions and the hyperbolic functions that does not involve complex numbers.
 
The graph of the function {{mathtmath|''a'' \cosh (''x''/''a'')}} is the [[catenary]], the curve formed by a uniform flexible chain, hanging freely between two fixed points under uniform gravity.
 
==Relationship to the exponential function==
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\cosh(ix) &= \frac{1}{2} \left(e^{i x} + e^{-i x}\right) = \cos x \\
\sinh(ix) &= \frac{1}{2} \left(e^{i x} - e^{-i x}\right) = i \sin x \\
\tanh(ix) &= i \tan x \\
\cosh(x+iy) &= \cosh(x) \cos(y) + i \sinh(x) \sin(y) \\
\sinh(x+iy) &= \sinh(x) \cos(y) + i \cosh(x) \sin(y) \\
\tanh(ixx+iy) &= \frac{\tanh(x) + i \tan(y)}{1 + i \tanh(x) \tan(y)} \\
\cosh x &= \cos(ix) \\
\sinh x &= - i \sin(ix) \\