In mathematics, the sinhc function appears frequently in papers about
optical scattering
Scattering is a term used in physics to describe a wide range of physical processes where moving particles or radiation of some form, such as light or sound, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by localized non-uniformities (including ...
, Heisenberg spacetime and
hyperbolic geometry
In mathematics, hyperbolic geometry (also called Lobachevskian geometry or Bolyai– Lobachevskian geometry) is a non-Euclidean geometry. The parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is replaced with:
:For any given line ''R'' and point ''P'' ...
. For
, it is defined as
The sinhc function is the hyperbolic analogue of the
sinc function
In mathematics, physics and engineering, the sinc function, denoted by , has two forms, normalized and unnormalized..
In mathematics, the historical unnormalized sinc function is defined for by
\operatornamex = \frac.
Alternatively, the u ...
, defined by
. It is a solution of the following differential equation:
Properties
The first-order derivative is given by
:
The
Taylor series
In mathematics, the Taylor series or Taylor expansion of a function is an infinite sum of terms that are expressed in terms of the function's derivatives at a single point. For most common functions, the function and the sum of its Taylor serie ...
expansion is
The
Padé approximant
In mathematics, a Padé approximant is the "best" approximation of a function near a specific point by a rational function of given order. Under this technique, the approximant's power series agrees with the power series of the function it is ap ...
is
In terms of other special functions
*
, where
is Kummer's
confluent hypergeometric function
In mathematics, a confluent hypergeometric function is a solution of a confluent hypergeometric equation, which is a degenerate form of a hypergeometric differential equation where two of the three regular singularities merge into an irregular ...
.
*
, where
is the biconfluent
Heun function
In mathematics, the local Heun function H \ell (a,q;\alpha ,\beta, \gamma, \delta ; z) is the solution of Heun's differential equation that is holomorphic and 1 at the singular point ''z'' = 0. The local Heun function is called a Heun ...
.
*
, where
is a
Whittaker function
In mathematics, a Whittaker function is a special solution of Whittaker's equation, a modified form of the confluent hypergeometric equation introduced by to make the formulas involving the solutions more symmetric. More generally, introduced Wh ...
.
Gallery
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,
See also
*
Tanc function In mathematics, the tanc function is defined for z \neq 0 as
\operatorname(z)=\frac
Properties
The first-order derivative of the tanc function is given by
: \frac - \frac
The Taylor series expansion is\operatorname z \approx \left(1+ \frac ...
*
Tanhc function
In mathematics, the tanhc function is defined for z \neq 0 as
\operatorname(z)=\frac The tanhc function is the hyperbolic analogue of the tanc function.
Properties
The first-order derivative is given by
: \frac - \frac
The Taylor series e ...
*
Sinhc integral
In mathematics, trigonometric integrals are a family of integrals involving trigonometric functions.
Sine integral
The different sine integral definitions are
\operatorname(x) = \int_0^x\frac\,dt
\operatorname(x) = -\int_x^\infty\frac\, ...
*
Coshc function
In mathematics, the coshc function appears frequently in papers about optical scattering, Heisenberg spacetime and hyperbolic geometry. For z \neq 0, it is defined as
\operatorname(z)=\frac
It is a solution of the following differential equation: ...
References
Special functions