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acosh

Compute the arc hyperbolic cosine of x.

Base.acosh — Function
acosh(x)

Compute the inverse hyperbolic cosine of x.

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acosh(A::AbstractMatrix)

Compute the inverse hyperbolic matrix cosine of a square matrix A. For the theory and logarithmic formulas used to compute this function, see [AH16_4].

Methods

julia> methods(acosh, (Any,), [Base, Base.Math, Base.MathConstants, Base.MPFR])# 7 methods for generic function "acosh" from Base:
 [1] acosh(a::Float16)
     @ Base.Math math.jl:1511
 [2] acosh(a::ComplexF16)
     @ Base.Math math.jl:1512
 [3] acosh(::Missing)
     @ Base.Math math.jl:1533
 [4] acosh(x::BigFloat)
     @ Base.MPFR mpfr.jl:860
 [5] acosh(x::T) where T<:Union{Float32, Float64}
     @ Base.Math special/hyperbolic.jl:203
 [6] acosh(x::Real)
     @ Base.Math math.jl:1528
 [7] acosh(z::Complex)
     @ complex.jl:1018

Examples

julia> using UnicodePlots
julia> lineplot(1, 4, acosh, xlim=(-4, 4) , ylim=(-2, 2))           ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
         2 │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉⠀│ acosh(x)
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡤⠚⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡰⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
   f(x)    │⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡧⠤⠤⠤⠤⠧⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
        -2 │⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀│ 
           └────────────────────────────────────────┘
           ⠀-4⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀4⠀
           ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀x⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Real Numbers

julia> acosh(1.0)
0.0

julia> acosh(2.0)
1.3169578969248166

julia> acosh(0.0)
ERROR: DomainError with 0.0:
acosh(x) is only defined for x ≥ 1.
Stacktrace:
[...]

Complex

julia> acosh(1+0im)
0.0 + 0.0im

Tips

See Also

Extended Inputs

Matrix

With Array like input:

julia> methods(acosh, (Any,), [LinearAlgebra])# 5 methods for generic function "acosh" from Base:
 [1] acosh(J::UniformScaling)
     @ LinearAlgebra /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.11.5/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/LinearAlgebra/src/uniformscaling.jl:173
 [2] acosh(A::Hermitian{var"#s5029", S} where {var"#s5029"<:Complex, S<:(AbstractMatrix{<:var"#s5029"})})
     @ LinearAlgebra /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.11.5/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/LinearAlgebra/src/symmetric.jl:768
 [3] acosh(D::Diagonal)
     @ LinearAlgebra /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.11.5/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl:802
 [4] acosh(A::Union{Hermitian{var"#s5029", S}, Symmetric{var"#s5029", S}} where {var"#s5029"<:Real, S})
     @ LinearAlgebra /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.11.5/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/LinearAlgebra/src/symmetric.jl:759
 [5] acosh(A::AbstractMatrix)
     @ LinearAlgebra /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.11.5/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/LinearAlgebra/src/dense.jl:1291

Tech Notes

  • acosh(::Real): by pure julia
  • acosh(::BigFloat): by MPFR

Version History

Introduced in Julia v1.0 (2018)