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Tanh
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Tanh

Hyperbolic function   (English)

Definition (advanced level)

A group of functions related to the trigonometric functions:
hyperbolic sin of x is written sinh(x) (pronounced 'shine x')
hyperbolic cos of x is written cosh(x) ('cosh x')
hyperbolic tan of x is written tanh(x) ('tansh x')
Definitions; sinh(x) = [exp(x) - exp(-x)]/2
cosh(x) = [exp(x) + exp(-x)]/2
tanh(x) = sinh(x)/cosh(x)
There are also sech, coth and cosech, defined as 1/cosh, 1/sinh and 1/tanh respectively.

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