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<h1 id="function-sinh">Function sinh <a href="#function-sinh" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>

Calculate the hyperbolic sine of a value,
defined as `sinh(x) = 1/2 * (exp(x) - exp(-x))`.

To avoid confusion with the matrix hyperbolic sine, this function does
not apply to matrices.


<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.sinh(x)
```

<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | number &#124; BigNumber &#124; Complex | Function input

<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------
number &#124; BigNumber &#124; Complex | Hyperbolic sine of x


<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------


<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.sinh(0.5)       // returns number 0.5210953054937474
```


<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

[cosh](cosh.html),
[tanh](tanh.html)