Year: 1991
Paper: 3
Question Number: 6
Course: UFM Pure
Section: Hyperbolic functions
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The transformation $T$ from $\binom{x}{y}$ to $\binom{x'}{y'}$ in two-dimensional space is given by
\[
\begin{pmatrix}x'\\
y'
\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}\cosh u & \sinh u\\
\sinh u & \cosh u
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}x\\
y
\end{pmatrix},
\]
where $u$ is a positive real constant. Show that the curve with equation
$x^{2}-y^{2}=1$ is transformed into itself. Find the equations of
two straight lines through the origin which transform into themselves.
A line, not necessary through the origin, which has gradient $\tanh v$
transforms under $T$ into a line with gradient $\tanh v'$. Show
that $v'=v+u$.
The lines $\ell_{1}$ and $\ell_{2}$ with gradients $\tanh v_{1}$
and $\tanh v_{2}$ transform under $T$ into lines with gradients
$\tanh v_{1}'$ and $\tanh v_{2}'$ respectively. Find the relation
satisfied by $v_{1}$ and $v_{2}$ that is the necessary and sufficient
for $\ell_{1}$ and $\ell_{2}$ to intersect at the same angle as
their transforms.
In the case when $\ell_{1}$ and $\ell_{2}$ meet at the origin, illustrate
in a diagram the relation between $\ell_{1}$, $\ell_{2}$ and their
transforms.