acosh

Inverse of cosh (area hyperbolic cosine)

Information

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This function returns the area hyperbolic cosine of its input argument u. The valid range of u is

+1 ≤ u < +∞

If the function is called with u < 1, an error occurs. The function cosh(u) has two inverse functions (the curve looks similar to a sqrt(..) function). acosh(..) returns the inverse that is positive. At u=1, the derivative dy/du is infinite. Therefore, this function should not be used in a model, if u can become close to 1:

Syntax

y = acosh(u)

Inputs (1)

u

Type: Real

Description: Independent variable

Outputs (1)

y

Type: Real

Description: Dependent variable y=acosh(u)