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Characterise the cosh function as continuous, many-to-one, even, and find the limit as x approaches 1. Part of HELM book 2.4.3.

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The diagram below represents a heavy cable hanging under gravity from two points at the same height. Such a curve (shown as a dashed line), known as a catenary, is described by a mathematical function known as a hyperbolic cosine, $f(x) = cosh x$, discussed in HELM 6.

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The $\\cosh(x)$ function is a continous, many-to-one even function (it is symmetric about the $y$-axis).

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As $x\\to 0,\\;\\cosh(x) \\to 1$.

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Comment upon any symmetry.

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Is this function one-to-one or many-to-one?

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Is this a continuous or discontinuous function

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State $\\lim\\limits_{x\\to 0}\\cosh x$.

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