Inverse hyperbolic cosine function

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Definition

The inverse hyperbolic cosine function, denoted $\cosh^{-1}$, is a function with domain the set $[1,\infty)$, defined in either of the following equivalent ways:

1. It is the inverse function to the restriction of the hyperbolic cosine function $\cosh$ to the subset $[0,\infty)$.
2. It is given explicitly by the expression:

$\cosh^{-1} x := \ln|x + \sqrt{x^2 - 1}|, \qquad x \ge 1$