Solution

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For the given wrapped hyperbolic cosine curve,
so . The curve makes one full turn around the circular cylinder, descending from to and ascending to its initial point. Its two parameter endpoints coincide; their tangent vectors and do not agree, so the resulting closed curve has a corner there.
Figure 1.
The hyperbolic cosine curve wrapped around a unit circular cylinder, and the same surface unrolled
. The shaded finite patch extends from to . On the unrolled cylinder, its horizontal coordinate is ; the two vertical edges are identified. Details.

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