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Ch. 7 - Logarithmic, Exponential Functions, and Hyperbolic Functions
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.3.103

101–104. Proving identities Prove the following identities.
cosh (x + y) = cosh x cosh y + sinh x sinh y

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Recall the definitions of hyperbolic cosine and hyperbolic sine: \(\cosh z = \frac{e^{z} + e^{-z}}{2}\) and \(\sinh z = \frac{e^{z} - e^{-z}}{2}\) for any variable \(z\).
Express \(\cosh(x + y)\) using its definition: \(\cosh(x + y) = \frac{e^{x+y} + e^{-(x+y)}}{2}\).
Rewrite the right-hand side of the identity using the definitions: \(\cosh x \cosh y + \sinh x \sinh y = \left(\frac{e^{x} + e^{-x}}{2}\right) \left(\frac{e^{y} + e^{-y}}{2}\right) + \left(\frac{e^{x} - e^{-x}}{2}\right) \left(\frac{e^{y} - e^{-y}}{2}\right)\).
Expand both products on the right-hand side carefully, combining like terms and simplifying the expression.
Show that after simplification, the right-hand side equals \(\frac{e^{x+y} + e^{-(x+y)}}{2}\), which matches the left-hand side, thus proving the identity.

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