(a) Starting from the definitions of cosh and sinh in terms of exponentials, prove that
cosh2x=2sinh2x+1.
(3)
(b) Find the set of values of k for which cosh2x=ksinhx has two distinct real roots.
(5)
题目中文翻译
(a) 从 cosh 和 sinh 的指数形式定义出发,证明
cosh2x=2sinh2x+1.
(3)
(b) 求使方程 cosh2x=ksinhx 有两个不同实根的 k 的取值集合。
(5)
原卷通用作答要求
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By (a), putting u=sinhx gives 2u2−ku+1=0. The map x↦sinhx is a bijection from R to R, so two distinct real roots in x occur exactly when the discriminant (−k)2−4(2)(1)=k2−8 is positive. Thus