THE HYPERBOLIC INVERSES

The important ones are :

y = sinh 1 x
y = cosh 1 x
y = tanh 1 x

Theorem :
i)

sinh 1 x = ln( x + x 2 + 1) ,

ii)

cosh 1 x = ln( x + x 2 1),

iii)

tanh 1 x =

1 1+ x
ln
,
2 1 x

x real number
x 1
1 < x < 1

DIFFERENTIATION OF THE HYPERBOLIC INVERSE

d
1
du
(sinh 1 u ) =
, u real
dx
u 2 + 1 dx
d
1
du
(cosh 1 u ) =
, u >1
dx
u 2 1 dx
1 du
d
,
(tanh 1 u ) =
dx
1 u 2 dx

1 < u < 1

d
1 du
(sec h 1u ) =
, 0 < u <1
dx
u 1 u 2 dx
1
d
du
(csc h 1u ) =
dx
u 1 + u 2 dx
1 du
d
(coth 1 u ) =
,
dx
1 u 2 dx

u >1

Exercise
Differentiate each function.
1.

y = sinh 1 (3 x + 2)

2.

y = cosh 1 ( x 2 + 1)

3.

y = (1 x) tanh 1 x

4.

y = (1 x) coth 1 ( x )

5.

y = cos 1 x x sec h 1 x

6.

y = sinh 1 ( x )

7.

y = tanh 1 (sin x)

8.

y = x sinh 1 (2 x)

9.

y = coth 1 ( 1 + x 4 )

10.

1 x
y = tanh 1

1+ x

INTEGRATION OF THE HYPERBOLIC INVERSE

x
= sinh 1 + c
a
a2 + x2

x
= cosh 1 + c
a
x a

1
1 x
a tanh a + c,

dx
=
a2 x2
1
x
coth 1 + c,
a
a

1
x
= sec h 1 + c
a
a
x a2 x2

1
x
= csc h 1 + c
a
a
x a2 + x2

dx

dx

x <a

x >a

dx

dx

Try this ! Solve.

1.

2.

3.

dx

4.

25 + x 2

dx
4x + 36
2

4
2

dx
, x>4
2
x 16

dx
,
4 x2

5.

dx
25 4 x 2

x <2

6.

dx
9 + 4x 2