Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2011 / Paper 1 / 3

Differentiating the hyperbolic cosine with the chain rule gives $g^{\prime }(x)=3{\cosh }^{2}x\sinh x$. For real $x$, $\cosh x>0$, so the only zero of the derivative is $\sinh x=0$, namely $x=0$. ThusSince $\cosh x\ge 1$, this stationary point is the global minimum.

For $x>0$, logarithmic differentiation givesSince $f(x)>0$, the derivative vanishes precisely when $\ln x=1$. HenceThe derivative is positive before $e$ and negative after $e$, so this is a global maximum on the given positive domain.