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Common ways of saying \(\sinh\) include "shine", "sine-ch", "sine- | Common ways of saying \(\sinh\) include "shine", "sine-ch", "sine-aitch", and "hyperbolic sine"<ref>[https://twitter.com/mrsouthernmaths/status/1457289072922148864 Twitter poll by Rob Southern - "how do you pronounce sinh?"]</ref>. | ||
This applies similarly to \(\tanh\), but \(\cosh\) can be read phonetically in English. | This applies similarly to \(\tanh\), but \(\cosh\) can be read phonetically in English. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, 7 November 2021
There are many mathematical functions with a single widely-agreed written form, but with multiple widely-used spoken forms.
Hyperbolic functions
Common ways of saying \(\sinh\) include "shine", "sine-ch", "sine-aitch", and "hyperbolic sine"[1].
This applies similarly to \(\tanh\), but \(\cosh\) can be read phonetically in English.
Other examples
- \(\ln\) - "lunn", "ell enn", "natural log(arithm)".
- \(\operatorname{ercf}\)
