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Equality of horizontal hyperbolic and Euclidean distances (b=a/(2sinh(a/2)))

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For points ib and a+ib with a,b>0, the hyperbolic distance is 2arsinh(a/(2b)). It equals their Euclidean distance a exactly when the displayed relation holds. The function of a decreases continuously from one to zero: its derivative has the sign of sinh(a/2)−(a/2)cosh(a/2)<0. Hence every height b∈(0,1) has exactly one positive matching horizontal separation.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2003 / ib / Paper 1 / 13F / Solution

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