Area Sector of Hyperbola: Arcsinh & Arcosh Explained w/ Example

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The discussion revolves around the calculation of the area sector of a unit hyperbola defined by the equation x² - y² = 1, specifically using the inverse hyperbolic functions arcsinh and arcosh. Participants seek numerical examples and graphical representations to illustrate these concepts.

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  • One participant requests a numerical example demonstrating how to compute the area sector of a unit hyperbola using arcsinh and arcosh.
  • Another participant shares a graphical representation, suggesting that it can simplify understanding the area calculations related to the sector.
  • A participant discusses the relationship between the area and the hyperbolic functions sinh and cosh, proposing that substituting area values into these functions can yield points on the hyperbola.
  • There is a question regarding which specific values of x should be used in the arcsinh and arcosh functions to calculate the area sector accurately.

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Participants have not reached a consensus on the specific values to use for arcsinh and arcosh, and the discussion remains open with multiple viewpoints and questions being raised.

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The discussion includes references to external resources for definitions and further explanations of inverse hyperbolic functions, but participants have not resolved the mathematical steps necessary for calculating the area sector.

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Could someone explain with a numerical example showing how the inverse hyperbolic
functions, arcsinh and arcosh in log form ,can compute the area sector of a unit hyperbola
x^2-y^2=1
If possible with a graph, thanks
 
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This picture's worth a thousand area calculations of a sector...
 

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benorin said:
This picture's worth a thousand area calculations of a sector...
Hello that picture from wikipedia is on the hyperbolic functions, sinhx =e^x-e^-x/2
coshx=e^x+e^-x/2
If you substitute a = area for x in the equations above then you can obtain the points on the hyperbola with the sinh(a) as the y cooridinate and cosh(a) as the x cooridinate.
As the ray in picture, that passes through the point cosh(a),sinh(a), sweeps down you can see how the values of area, sinhx,coshx change.
My question is on the inverse hyperbolic functions , arcsinhx= ln(x+sqrt(x^2+1)
See Wikipedia for definitions. Then from the first two lines of that page ,wiki inv hyp func.
continue to 'area sector of unit hyperbola'
Now this is where my question is: what values of x would be used for arcsinh x and arccosh x
to obtain that area sector
 
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Reference http://kr.cs.ait.ac.th/~radok/math/mat6/calc31.htm" under the section headed "3.8.4 Further Analogies".
 
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