Primitive of Inverse Hyperbolic Cosine of x over a

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Theorem

$\ds \int \arcosh \frac x a \rd x = x \arcosh \dfrac x a - \sqrt {x^2 - a^2} + C$

where $\arcosh$ denotes the real area hyperbolic cosine.


Corollary

$\ds \int -\cosh^{-1} \frac x a \rd x = x \paren {-\cosh^{-1} \dfrac x a} + \sqrt {x^2 - a^2} + C$

where $-\cosh^{-1}$ denotes the negative branch of the real inverse hyperbolic cosine multifunction.


Proof

With a view to expressing the primitive in the form:

$\ds \int u \frac {\d v} {\d x} \rd x = u v - \int v \frac {\d u} {\d x} \rd x$

let:

\(\ds u\) \(=\) \(\ds \arcosh \frac x a\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds \frac {\d u} {\d x}\) \(=\) \(\ds \frac 1 {\sqrt {x^2 - a^2} }\) Derivative of $\arcosh \dfrac x a$


and let:

\(\ds \frac {\d v} {\d x}\) \(=\) \(\ds 1\)
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) \(\ds v\) \(=\) \(\ds x\) Primitive of Constant


Then:

\(\ds \int \arcosh \frac x a \rd x\) \(=\) \(\ds x \arcosh \frac x a - \int x \paren {\frac 1 {\sqrt {x^2 - a^2} } } \rd x + C\) Integration by Parts
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds x \arcosh \frac x a - \int \frac {x \rd x} {\sqrt {x^2 - a^2} } + C\) simplifying
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds x \arcosh \frac x a - \sqrt {x^2 + a^2} + C\) Primitive of $\dfrac x {\sqrt {x^2 - a^2} }$

$\blacksquare$


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