Hyperbolic Functions (hyperbolic sine/cosine/tangent/cosecant/secant/cotangent)
  • are analogs of the ordinary trigonometric functions, but defined using the hyperbola rather than the circle
  • just as the points (𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥, 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥) form a circle with a unit radius, the points (𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝑥, 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ 𝑥) form the right half of the unit hyperbola

Hyperbolic Functions - Definitions in Exponentials

Function

Syntax

Definition

Complex Trigonometric Definitions

Derivative

Hyperbolic Sine

𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ(𝑥)

Hyperbolic Cosine

𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ(𝑥)

Hyperbolic Tangent

𝑡𝑎𝑛ℎ(𝑥)

Hyperbolic Cotangent

𝑐𝑜𝑡ℎ(𝑥)

coth(x) = \frac{cosh(x)}{sinh(x)} = \frac{e^x + e^{-x}}{e^x - e^{-x}} = \frac{e^{2x} + 1}{e^{2x} - 1} \quad \text{for x ≠ 0}

Hyperbolic Secant

𝑠𝑒𝑐ℎ(𝑥)

Hyperbolic Cosecant

𝑐𝑠𝑐ℎ(𝑥)

csch(x) = \frac{1}{sinh(x)} = \frac{2}{e^x - e^{-x}} = \frac{2e^x}{e^{2x} - 1} \quad \text{for x ≠ 0}