10.4 • MAPPING BY TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 421
for u and v expressed as functions of x and y. To solve for u, we first equate the
real and imaginary parts of Equation (10- 25 ) and obtain the equations
coshv = ~ and sinhv = Y.
smu cosu
Then we eliminate v from these equations and obtain the single equation
x2 y2
-----=!.
sin^2 u cos^2 u
If we treat u as a constant, this equation represents a hyperbola in the xy plane,
the foci occur at the points (±1,0), and the transverse axis is given by 2sinu.
Therefore, a point (x, y) on the hyperbola must satisfy the equation
The quantity on t he right side of this equation is the difference of the distances
from (x, y) to (- 1, 0) and from (x, y) to (1, 0). We now solve the equation for u
to obtain the real part:
. [V(x+l)
2
+y2- J(x-1)
2
+y2]
u(x,y)=Arcsm
2
. (10-26)
The principal branch of the real function Arcsin tis used in Equation (10-26),
where the range values satisfy the inequality - 2 " < Arcsin t < ~.
Similarly, we can start with Equation (10-25) and obtain the equations
smu=. --x an d
coshv
y
cosu = sinhv ·
We then eliminate u from these equations and obtain the single equation
x2 y2
--+--=l.
cosh^2 v sinh^2 v
If we treat v as a constant, then this equation represents an ellipse in the xy
plane, the foci occur at the points (±1, 0), and the major axis has length 2 cosh v.
Therefore, a point (x, y) on this ellipse must satisfy the equation
2coshv = V(x + 1)^2 +y2 + Jcx-1)^2 +y2.
The quantity on the right side of this equation is the sum of the distances from
(x, y) to (-1, 0) and from (x, y) to (1, 0).
The function z = sin w maps points in the upper half (lower half) of the
vertical strip - 2 " < u < ~ onto the upper half-plane (lower half-plane), respec-
tively. Hence we can solve the preceding equation and obtain v as a function of