The inverses of the hyperbolic functions are the area hyperbolic functions. The names hint at the fact that they compute the area of a sector of the unit hyperbola in the same way that the inverse trigonometric functions compute the arclength of a sector on the unit circle The usual abbreviations for them in mathematics are "arsinh, arcsinh" (in the USA) or "asinh" (in computer science). The notation "sinh-1 (x), cosh-1(x)" etc. are also used, despite the fact that care must be taken to avoid misinterpretations of the superscript "-1" as a power as opposed to a shorthand for inverse. The acronyms "arcsinh", "arccosh" etc. are commonly used, even though they are misnomers, since the prefix "arc" is the abbreviation for "arcus", while the prefix "ar" stands for "area".
Logarithmic representation
The operators are defined in the complex plane by:
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The above square roots are principal square roots. For real arguments which return real values, certain simplifications can be made e.g. , which are not generally true when using principal square roots.
eries expansions
Expansion series can be obtained for the above functions:
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Asymptotic expansion for the arsinh "x" is given by
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Derivatives
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For an example derivation: let "θ" = arsinh "x", so::
ee also
* List of integrals of arc hyperbolic functions
External links
* [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverseHyperbolicFunctions.html Inverse hyperbolic functions] at MathWorld