The proof strategy is to how that for all $z \in \C$: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} = \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ Thus let $z \in \C$. === Definition 1 implies Definition 2 === It is demonstrated that: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} \subseteq \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ Let $w \in \left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\}$. Then by definition of the hyperbolic sine function: :$(1): \quad z = \dfrac {e^w - e^{-w} } 2$ Let $v = e^w$. Then: {{begin-eqn}} {{eqn | l = 2 z       | r = v - \frac 1 v       | c = multiplying $(1)$ by $2$ }} {{eqn | ll= \implies       | l = v^2 - 2 z v - 1       | r = 0       | c = multiplying by $v$ and rearranging }} {{eqn | ll= \implies       | l = v       | r = z + \left({1 + z^2}\right)^{1/2}       | c = Quadratic Formula }} {{end-eqn}} Let $s = z^2 + 1$. Then: {{begin-eqn}} {{eqn | l = v       | r = z + s^{1/2}       | c =  }} {{eqn | r = z + \sqrt{\left\vert{s}\right\vert} \left({\cos \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right) + i \sin \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right)}\right)       | c = Definition of Complex Square Root }} {{eqn | n = 2       | ll= \implies       | l = \ln v       | r = \ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left\vert{s}\right\vert} \left({\cos \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right) + i \sin \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right)}\right)}\right)       | c = where $\ln$ denotes the Complex Natural Logarithm }} {{end-eqn}} We have that: {{begin-eqn}} {{eqn | l = v       | r = e^w       | c =  }} {{eqn | ll= \implies       | l = \ln v       | r = \ln \left({e^w}\right)       | c =  }} {{eqn | n = 3       | r = w + 2 k' \pi i: k' \in \Z       | c = Definition of Complex Natural Logarithm }} {{end-eqn}} Thus from $(2)$ and $(3)$: {{begin-eqn}} {{eqn | l = w + 2 k' \pi i       | r = \ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left\vert{s}\right\vert} \left({\cos \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right) + i \sin \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right)}\right)}\right)       | c =  }} {{eqn | ll= \implies       | l = w       | r = \ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left\vert{s}\right\vert} \left({\cos \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right) + i \sin \left({\frac {\arg \left({s}\right)} 2}\right)}\right)}\right) + 2 k \pi i       | c = putting $k = -k'$ }} {{eqn | ll= \implies       | l = w       | r = \ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert} e^{\frac i 2 \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i       | c = Definition of Exponential Form of Complex Number }} {{end-eqn}} Thus by definition of subset: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} \subseteq \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ {{qed|lemma}} === Definition 2 implies Definition 1 === It is demonstrated that: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} \supseteq \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ Let $w \in \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$. Then: {{begin-eqn}} {{eqn | ll= \exists k \in \Z:       | l = w + 2 \left({-k}\right) \pi i       | r = \ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right)       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^{w + 2 \left({-k}\right) \pi i}       | r = z + \sqrt{\left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)}       | c = Definition of Complex Natural Logarithm }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^w       | r = z + \sqrt{\left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)}       | c = Complex Exponential Function has Imaginary Period }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^w - z       | r = \sqrt{\left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)}       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = \left({e^w - z}\right)^2       | r = \left\vert{z^2 + 1}\right\vert e^{i \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)}       | c = Roots of Complex Number }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = \left({e^w - z}\right)^2       | r = z^2 + 1       | c = Definition of Exponential Form of Complex Number }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^{2w} - 2 z e^w + z^2       | r = z^2 + 1       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^{2w}       | r = 1 + 2 z e^w       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = e^w - \frac 1 {e^w}       | r = 2 z       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = z       | r = \frac {e^w - e^{-w} } 2       | c =  }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = z       | r = \sinh w       | c = Definition of Hyperbolic Sine Function }} {{eqn | lll= \implies       | l = w       | o = \in       | r = \left\{ {w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\}       | c =  }} {{end-eqn}} Thus by definition of superset: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} \supseteq \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ {{qed|lemma}} Thus by definition of set equality: :$\left\{{w \in \C: z = \sinh \left({w}\right)}\right\} = \left\{{\ln \left({z + \sqrt{\left|{z^2 + 1}\right|} e^{\left({i / 2}\right) \arg \left({z^2 + 1}\right)} }\right) + 2 k \pi i}\right\}$ {{qed}} {{Proofread}} Category:Inverse Hyperbolic Sine juulxqr0cvvt5rkqd9re0s32xb6djr9