Graphs of the inverse hyperbolic functionsThe hyperbolic functionssinh,cosh, andtanh with respect to a unit hyperbola are analogous to circular functionssin,cos,tan with respect to a unit circle. The argument to the hyperbolic functions is a hyperbolic angle measure.
Inmathematics, theinverse hyperbolic functions areinverses of thehyperbolic functions, analogous to theinverse circular functions. There are six in common use: inverse hyperbolic sine, inverse hyperbolic cosine, inverse hyperbolic tangent, inverse hyperbolic cosecant, inverse hyperbolic secant, and inverse hyperbolic cotangent. They are commonly denoted by the symbols for the hyperbolic functions, prefixed witharc- orar- or with a superscript (for examplearcsinh,arsinh, or).
For a given value of a hyperbolic function, the inverse hyperbolic function provides the correspondinghyperbolic angle measure, for example and Hyperbolic angle measure is thelength of an arc of aunit hyperbola as measured in the Lorentzian plane (not the length of a hyperbolic arc in theEuclidean plane), and twice thearea of the correspondinghyperbolic sector. This is analogous to the waycircular angle measure is the arc length of an arc of theunit circle in the Euclidean plane or twice the area of the correspondingcircular sector. Alternately hyperbolic angle is the area of a sector of the hyperbola Some authors call the inverse hyperbolic functionshyperbolic area functions.[1]
Also common is the notation etc.,[4][5] although care must be taken to avoid misinterpretations of the superscript −1 as an exponent. The standard convention is that or means the inverse function while or means thereciprocal Especially inconsistent is the conventional use of positiveinteger superscripts to indicate an exponent rather than function composition, e.g. conventionally means andnot
Because the argument of hyperbolic functions isnot the arc length of a hyperbolic arc in theEuclidean plane, some authors have condemned the prefixarc-, arguing that the prefixar- (for'area') orarg- (for'argument') should be preferred.[6] Following this recommendation, theISO 80000-2 standard abbreviations use the prefixar- (that is:arsinh,arcosh,artanh,arsech,arcsch,arcoth).
In computer programming languages, inverse circular and hyperbolic functions are often named with the shorter prefixa- (asinh, etc.).
This article will consistently adopt the prefixar- for convenience.
Asfunctions of a complex variable, inverse hyperbolic functions aremultivalued functions that areanalytic except at a finite number of points. For such a function, it is common to define aprincipal value, which is a single valued analytic function which coincides with one specific branch of the multivalued function, over a domain consisting of thecomplex plane in which a finite number ofarcs (usuallyhalf lines orline segments) have been removed. These arcs are calledbranch cuts. The principal value of the multifunction is chosen at a particular point and values elsewhere in the domain of definition are defined to agree with those found byanalytic continuation.
For example, for the square root, the principal value is defined as the square root that has a positivereal part. This defines a single valued analytic function, which is defined everywhere, except for non-positive real values of the variables (where the two square roots have a zero real part). This principal value of the square root function is denoted in what follows. Similarly, the principal value of the logarithm, denoted in what follows, is defined as the value for which theimaginary part has the smallest absolute value. It is defined everywhere except for non-positive real values of the variable, for which two different values of the logarithm reach the minimum.
For all inverse hyperbolic functions, the principal value may be defined in terms of principal values of the square root and the logarithm function. However, in some cases, the formulas of§ Definitions in terms of logarithms do not give a correct principal value, as giving a domain of definition which is too small and, in one casenon-connected.
The principal value of the inverse hyperbolic sine is given by
The argument of the square root is a non-positivereal number,if and only ifz belongs to one of the intervals[i, +i∞) and(−i∞, −i] of the imaginary axis. If the argument of the logarithm is real, then it is positive. Thus this formula defines a principal value for arsinh, with branch cuts[i, +i∞) and(−i∞, −i]. This is optimal, as the branch cuts must connect the singular pointsi and−i to infinity.
The formula for the inverse hyperbolic cosine given in§ Inverse hyperbolic cosine is not convenient, since similar to the principal values of the logarithm and the square root, the principal value of arcosh would not be defined for imaginaryz. Thus the square root has to be factorized, leading to
The principal values of the square roots are both defined, except ifz belongs to the real interval(−∞, 1]. If the argument of the logarithm is real, thenz is real and has the same sign. Thus, the above formula defines a principal value of arcosh outside the real interval(−∞, 1], which is thus the unique branch cut.
Principal values of the inverse hyperbolic tangent and cotangent
The formulas given in§ Definitions in terms of logarithms suggestsfor the definition of the principal values of the inverse hyperbolic tangent and cotangent. In these formulas, the argument of the logarithm is real if and only ifz is real. For artanh, this argument is in the real interval(−∞, 0], ifz belongs either to(−∞, −1] or to[1, ∞). For arcoth, the argument of the logarithm is in(−∞, 0], if and only ifz belongs to the real interval[−1, 1].
Therefore, these formulas define convenient principal values, for which the branch cuts are(−∞, −1] and[1, ∞) for the inverse hyperbolic tangent, and[−1, 1] for the inverse hyperbolic cotangent.
In view of a better numerical evaluation near the branch cuts, some authors[citation needed] use the following definitions of the principal values, although the second one introduces aremovable singularity atz = 0. The two definitions of differ for real values ofz withz > 1. The ones of differ for real values ofz withz ∈ [0, 1).
Principal value of the inverse hyperbolic cosecant
For the inverse hyperbolic cosecant, the principal value is defined as
It is defined except when the arguments of the logarithm and the square root are non-positive real numbers. The principal value of the square root is thus defined outside the interval[−i,i] of the imaginary line. If the argument of the logarithm is real, thenz is a non-zero real number, and this implies that the argument of the logarithm is positive.
Thus, the principal value is defined by the above formula outside thebranch cut, consisting of the interval[−i,i] of the imaginary line.
(Atz = 0, there is a singular point that is included in the branch cut.)
Here, as in the case of the inverse hyperbolic cosine, we have to factorize the square root. This gives the principal value
If the argument of a square root is real, thenz is real, and it follows that both principal values of square roots are defined, except ifz is real and belongs to one of the intervals(−∞, 0] and[1, +∞). If the argument of the logarithm is real and negative, thenz is also real and negative. It follows that the principal value of arsech is well defined, by the above formula outside twobranch cuts, the real intervals(−∞, 0] and[1, +∞).
Forz = 0, there is a singular point that is included in one of the branch cuts.
In the following graphical representation of the principal values of the inverse hyperbolic functions, the branch cuts appear as discontinuities of the color. The fact that the whole branch cuts appear as discontinuities, shows that these principal values may not be extended into analytic functions defined over larger domains. In other words, the above definedbranch cuts are minimal.
arsinh(z)
arcosh(z)
artanh(z)
arcoth(z)
arsech(z)
arcsch(z)
Inverse hyperbolic functions in the complexz-plane: the colour at each point in the planerepresents the complex value of the respective function at that point
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^Gullberg, Jan (1997).Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers. W. W. Norton. p. 539.ISBN039304002X.Another form of notation,arcsinhx,arccoshx, etc., is a practice to be condemned as these functions have nothing whatever to do witharc, but witharea, as is demonstrated by their full Latin names,arsinharea sinus hyperbolicus,arcosharea cosinus hyperbolicus, etc.Zeidler, Eberhard;Hackbusch, Wolfgang; Schwarz, Hans Rudolf (2004). "§ 0.2.13 The inverse hyperbolic functions".Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics. Translated by Hunt, Bruce. Oxford University Press. p. 68.ISBN0198507631.The Latin names for the inverse hyperbolic functions arearea sinus hyperbolicus,area cosinus hyperbolicus,area tangens hyperbolicus andarea cotangens hyperbolicus (ofx)..... Zeidler & al. use the notationsarsinh, etc.; note that the quoted Latin names areback-formations, invented long afterNeo-Latin ceased to be in common use in mathematical literature.Bronshtein, Ilja N.;Semendyayev, Konstantin A.; Musiol, Gerhard; Heiner, Mühlig (2007). "§ 2.10: Area Functions".Handbook of Mathematics (5th ed.). Springer. p. 91.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72122-2.ISBN978-3540721215.Thearea functions are the inverse functions of the hyperbolic functions, i.e., theinverse hyperbolic functions. The functionssinhx,tanhx, andcothx are strictly monotone, so they have unique inverses without any restriction; the functioncoshx has two monotonic intervals so we can consider two inverse functions. The namearea refers to the fact that the geometric definition of the functions is the area of certain hyperbolic sectors ...Bacon, Harold Maile (1942).Differential and Integral Calculus. McGraw-Hill. p. 203.