Sinh Calculator

Omni's sinh calculator is here to help you deal with the hyperbolic sine function, which you may encounter in various areas of math and engineering. Scroll down to learn more about this important function (and a bit about other hyperbolic functions as well).

Topics range from really basic (what sinh x actually is and what are the basic sinh and cosh identities) to more slightly advanced (the inverse hyperbolic sine and the derivative of sinh).

As a bonus, we'll discuss how to put hyperbolic sine in a calculator (we mean a really basic calculator) should it ever happen you don't have access to Omni and its hyperbolic sine calculator.

Sinh is a function in math called hyperbolic sine. It is defined as

But what does it have to do with sine? we hear you ask. To see the connection, we must introduce the twin of sinh, that is the cosh (also known as hyperbolic cosine), defined as

Now if we plot points with coordinates ($\cosh x$, $\sinh x$) in the standard Cartesian coordinate system, we obtain a hyperbola, as you can see in the picture below. (More precisely, we'll obtain only the right-hand side part of the hyperbola.)

Recall that when we plot the points ($\cos x$, $\sin x$), they form a circle (the unit circle). And the similarities do not end here! It turns out our hyperbolic sine and hyperbolic cosine satisfy certain formulae that are very similar, or sometimes even identical, as those that we know for the good ol' (non-hyperbolic) sine and cosine. Namely, we have the double-angle formula

and

which is an analogue of the Pythagorean trigonometric identity $\cos ^{2}x+\sin ^{2}x=1$.

Let us plot the graph of the sinh function.

Looking at the plot, we can discover some properties of the hyperbolic sine:

• sinh is an odd function, i.e., $\sinh(-x) = -\sinh(x)$;
• sinh is increasing;
• $\sinh(0) = 0$;
• sinh is not periodic;
• sinh is not bounded; and
• sinh is a bijection, so it has an inverse.

So how can you calculate the inverse of sinh? Let's move on to the next section.

The inverse function of sinh is denoted by arsinh. The formula for arsinh reads:

It involves logarithms, which is what we expected since the definition of sinh involves exponentials.

Be careful not to confuse the inverse function of sinh with the multiplicative inverse, that is, with the function mapping $x$ to $1/\sinh x$. This function has its own name: its called csch (Not a very intuitive name, we admit...):

if $x\! \not =\! 0$.

Omni's hyperbolic sine calculator is very straightforward to use: just enter the argument x, and the value of sinh(x) will appear immediately!

And you can calculate inverse sinh as well! Just fill in the field sinh(x), and the value that appears as x is exactly the value of the inverse function.

And this is not all! If you hit the advanced mode button beneath the calculator, you'll be able to see the values of several other hyperbolic functions, in particular of the derivative of sinh - it hides under the name of cosh ;)

Since hyperbolic functions like to pop up in calculations related to various domains, it's important you familiarize yourself with them a bit! Once you're done with the sinh calculator, do not hesitate to visit the following tools:

• Hyperbolic functions calculator.
• Cosh calculator; and
• Tanh calculator.

To compute sinh(x) with a basic calculator:

1. Make sure your calculator can perform exponentiation. If not, search for an online exponentiation calculator (or go straight to an online sinh calculator).
2. Compute exp(x) and store the result (write it down or use the memory of your calculator).
3. Compute exp(-x) and store the result.
4. Compute exp(x) - exp(-x).
5. Divide the result by 2. That's it; well done!

The derivative of sinh is cosh, that is, the hyperbolic cosine, defined as cosh(x) = (exp(x) + exp(-x))/2. You can easily remember this fact by recalling that this is exactly what happens with standard sine and cosine functions!

To compute sinh 1 given cosh 1

1. Use the cosh²x - sinh²x = 1 identity. It gives us the following:
   sinh²(1) = cosh²(1) - 1
2. Now you can perform a simple subtraction:
   sinh²(1) = 1.543² - 1 = 2.381 - 1 = 1.381
3. Then, take the square root of sinh²(1):
   sinh(1) = 1.175.