Definition:Inverse Hyperbolic Tangent/Real/Definition 2

Definition
Let $S$ denote the open real interval:
 * $S := \left({-1 \,.\,.\, 1}\right)$

The inverse hyperbolic tangent $\tanh^{-1}: S \to \R$ is a real function defined on $S$ as:


 * $\forall x \in S: \tanh^{-1} \left({x}\right) := \dfrac 1 2 \operatorname{ln} \left({\dfrac {1 + x} {1 - x} }\right)$

where $\ln$ denotes the natural logarithm of a (strictly positive) real number.

Also known as
The inverse hyperbolic tangent function is also known as the hyperbolic arctangent function.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Real Inverse Hyperbolic Tangent