OCR FP2 2010 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicHyperbolic functions

6
  1. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } } { \mathrm { d } x } \left( \sinh ^ { - 1 } x \right) = \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { x ^ { 2 } + 1 } }\).
  2. Given that \(y = \cosh \left( a \sinh ^ { - 1 } x \right)\), where \(a\) is a constant, show that $$\left( x ^ { 2 } + 1 \right) \frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } + x \frac { \mathrm {~d} y } { \mathrm {~d} x } - a ^ { 2 } y = 0$$