Before we begin we should preface this with hyperbolic functions suck. Show me someone who likes hyperbolic functions and I'll show you a liar. (These are my thoughts on the subject, not Patrick's.)
Hyperbolic functions are functions that determine the right half of an equilateral hyperbola. Just like trigonometric functions determine a circle.
Recall the definitions of the hyperbolic functions:
sinhx=2ex−e−xcoshx=2ex+e−xtanhx=coshxsinhxcsch x=sinhx1sech x=coshx1coth x=sinhxcoshx
The derivatives of the hyperbolic functions are as follows:
dxdsinhxdxdcoshxdxdtanhxdxdcsch xdxdsech xdxdcoth x=coshx=sinhx=sech2 x=−csch x coth x=−sech x tanh x=−csch2 x
Notice that the first three are positive and the final three are negative. Besides that, the derivatives are pretty much the same as the derivatives of the trig functions.
To see how these derivatives are derived, we just need to use their respective definitions. For example, let's prove dxdsinhx=coshx.
dxdsinhx=dxd(2ex−e−x)=dxd[2ex−2e−x]=2ex−(−2e−x)=2ex+e−x=coshx
Finding the derivative of hyperbolic functions is as standard as other functions. You just need to remember your chain rule, product rule, and quotient rules really. To demonstrate this he looks at some examples.
The first problem he looks at is finding the derivative of:
f(x)=tanh(4x)
All we have to do here is use our chain rule.
f′(x)=sech2(4x)⋅[4x]′=sech2(4x)⋅4=4sech2(4x)
The next problem he looks at is:
f(x)f′(x)=ln(sinhx)=sinhx1⋅[sinhx]′=sinhx1⋅coshx=sinhcosh=coth x
The final example he solves is:
f(x)f′(x)=sinhx tanhx=[sinhx]′tanhx+sinhx[tanhx]′=coshx tanhx+sinhx sech2 x=coshx⋅coshxsinhx+sinhx⋅sech2 x=sinhx+sinhx⋅sech2 x=sinhx(1+sech2 x)