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Hyperbolic cosine
The function defined for
x
∈
R
{\displaystyle {}x\in \mathbb {R} }
by
cosh
x
:=
1
2
(
e
x
+
e
−
x
)
,
{\displaystyle {}\cosh x:={\frac {1}{2}}{\left(e^{x}+e^{-x}\right)}\,,}
is called
hyperbolic cosine
.