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Geometry Level 3

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sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) tan ( t ) = sinh ( t ) \sec(t)=\cosh(t)\Rightarrow \tan(t)=\sinh(t)

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James Wilson
Jan 18, 2021

Note that sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) sec 2 ( t ) = cosh 2 ( t ) sec 2 ( t ) 1 = cosh 2 ( t ) 1 tan 2 ( t ) = sinh 2 ( t ) tan ( t ) = ± sinh ( t ) . \sec(t) =\cosh(t) \Rightarrow \sec^2(t) = \cosh^2(t) \Rightarrow \sec^2(t)-1=\cosh^2(t)-1\Rightarrow \tan^2(t) = \sinh^2(t)\Rightarrow \tan(t)=\pm\sinh(t).

By graphing the functions and zooming in on the points, I was able to tell that sometimes when sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) , \sec(t)=\cosh(t), we have tanh ( t ) = sinh ( t ) . \tanh(t)=\sinh(t). The other times sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) \sec(t)=\cosh(t) (when tan ( t ) sinh ( t ) \tan(t)\neq \sinh(t) ), we have tan ( t ) = sinh ( t ) . \tan(t)=-\sinh(t). Conversely, when we have tan ( t ) = sinh ( t ) , \tan(t)=\sinh(t), we either get sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) \sec(t)=\cosh(t) or sec ( t ) = cosh ( t ) \sec(t)=-\cosh(t) , depending on the value of t . t.

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