Summary

The Excel COTH function returns the cotangent of an angle.

Purpose 

Get the hyperbolic cotangent of an angle

Return value 

The hyperbolic cotangent

Syntax

=COTH(number)
  • number - The hyperbolic angle.

How to use 

The Excel COTH function returns the hyperbolic cotangent of a hyperbolic angle. Given 1.00 as input, the function returns 1.313035285 as output.

=COTH(1) // returns 1.313035285

Explanation

The hyperbolic cotangent is the reciprocal of the TANH function.

=1/TANH(x) // equivalent to COTH(x)

The plot below shows the COTH function's output in Excel.

Hyperbolic cotangent plot.

Notes:

  • Returns a #DIV/0! error when given zero as input.
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