hyperbolic sine

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hyperbolic sine

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Mathematics, Sciences A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as

  • sinh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ-e⁻ˣ).
Related terms
hyperbolic cosine, hyperbolic tangent

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