Hyperbolic angle

In geometry, hyperbolic angle is a real number determined by the area of the corresponding hyperbolic sector of xy = 1 in Quadrant I of the Cartesian plane. Hyperbolic angle is a shuffled form of natural logarithm as they both are defined as an area against hyperbola xy = 1, and they both are preserved by squeeze mappings since those mappings preserve area.

The hyperbola xy = 1 is rectangular with semi-major axis , analogous to the circular angle equaling the area of a circular sector in a circle with radius .

Hyperbolic angle is used as the independent variable for the hyperbolic functions sinh, cosh, and tanh, because these functions may be premised on hyperbolic analogies to the corresponding circular (trigonometric) functions by regarding a hyperbolic angle as defining a hyperbolic triangle. The hyperbolic angle parametrizes the unit hyperbola, which has hyperbolic functions as coordinates.

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