Eliminating Variables in Trigonometric Equations for Research Purposes

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Consider the following set of equations:

##r = \cosh\rho \cos\tau + \sinh\rho \cos\varphi##

##rt = \cosh\rho \sin\tau##

##rl\phi = \sinh\rho \sin\varphi##

Is there some way to combine the equations to get rid of ##\varphi## and ##\tau## and express ##\rho## in terms of ##r, t, \phi##?

I tried the following:

##r^{2} = (\cosh\rho \cos\tau + \sinh\rho \cos\varphi)^{2}##

##r^{2}(t-l\phi)^{2} = (\cosh\rho \sin\tau - \sinh\rho \sin\varphi)^{2}##

so that we have

##r^{2} + r^{2}(t-l\phi)^{2} = \cosh^{2}\rho + \sinh^{2}\rho + 2\cos(\tau+\varphi)\sinh\rho\cosh\rho.##

The above line is not exactly what I want, because of the factor ##\cos(\tau+\varphi)##!

Is there some neat way to get rid of ##\varphi## and ##\tau## and express ##\rho## in terms of ##r, t, \phi##?
 
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You can express ##\varphi## and ##\tau## as function of the other variables using the second and third equation. Not nice, but possible.
 
jedishrfu said:
Is this a homework problem? What course are you taking?

We need some context here. Where did this problem come from and what do you need it for?

This is not a homework problem. This is part of my research work.

The equations are a modified form of (1.17) on page 13 of https://esc.fnwi.uva.nl/thesis/centraal/files/f37733672.pdf.

I need it to make progress in my work.