# Visualising Logarithms and Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions

**URL:** <https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/visualising-logarithms-and-hyperbolic-trigonometric-functions/3569>\
**Category:** Tracking with Closeups\
**Tags:** mathematics, logarithm, lorentz-transform, hyperbolic-trigonometric-functio\
**Created:** [7 August 2023 13:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/visualising-logarithms-and-hyperbolic-trigonometric-functions/3569 "2023-08-07T13:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2023 13:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/visualising-logarithms-and-hyperbolic-trigonometric-functions/3569/1 "2023-08-07T13:00:18Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d17e1abff21aaf849e4a86a69d5d63691c6fc9a5.jpeg "Why don't they teach simple visual logarithms (and hyperbolic trig)?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Fa5Zl-Z3c)

Generating an hyperboloid of revolution by spinning a cube on one of its vertices: “[The Spinning Cube: An Algebraic Excursion](https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1512&context=tme)” [PDF], from [_The Mathematics Enthusiast_, Vol. 18 : No. 1 , Article 5](https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol18/iss1/5/).

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**Author:** ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2023 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/visualising-logarithms-and-hyperbolic-trigonometric-functions/3569/2 "2023-08-08T12:31:54Z")

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Wow! Thinking outside the squished and stretched box. And, I think, pretty sophisticated graphics.