What is Math.sinh() in Ruby?

The sinh() function in Ruby calculates and returns the hyperbolic sine of a number. To be more specific, it returns the hyperbolic sine of a number in radians.

The figure below shows the mathematical representation of the sinh() function.

Figure 1: Mathematical representation of the hyperbolic sine function

Note: This function is present in the Math module.

Syntax

sinh(num)

Parameter

This function requires a number that represents an angle in radians as a parameter.

The following formula converts degrees to radians.

radians = degrees * ( pi / 180.0 )

Return value

sinh() returns a number’s hyperbolic sine (radians), which is sent as a parameter.

Example

#positive number in radians
puts "The value of sinh(2.3) : ", Math.sinh(2.3)
#negative number in radians
puts "The value of sinh(-2.3) : ", Math.sinh(-2.3)
#converting the degrees angle into radians and then applying sinh()
#degrees = 90
#PI = 3.14159265
result = 90.0 * (Math::PI / 180.0)
puts "The value of sinh(#{result}) : ", Math.sinh(result)

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