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Tanh

Tanh[z]
gives the hyperbolic tangent of .

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  • Mathematical function, suitable for both symbolic and numerical manipulation.
  • Sinh[z]/Cosh[z] is automatically converted to Tanh[z]. TrigFactorList[expr] does decomposition.
  • For certain special arguments, Tanh automatically evaluates to exact values.
  • Tanh can be evaluated to arbitrary numerical precision.
  • Tanh automatically threads over lists.
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