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We will show that for any real element x, y the trigonometric formula sinh(x + y) = sinh(x)*cosh(y) +cosh(x)*sinh(y)
We start from the left hand side of the equality:
$$ \begin{aligned} \sinh (x+y) & =\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{-(x+y)}}{2} \\ & =\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{2} \\ & =\frac{2 e^{x+y}-2 e^{-x-y}}{4} \\ & =\frac{2 e^{x+y}-2 e^{-x-y}+\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)-\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)}{4} \\ & =\frac{2 e^{x+y}+\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)-\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)-2 e^{-x-y}}{4} \\ & =\frac{e^{x+y}+e^{x+y}+\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)-\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)- e^{-x-y}- e^{-x-y}}{4} \\ & =\frac{e^{x+y}- e^{-x-y}+\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right)+e^{x+y}-\left(e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}\right) - e^{-x-y}}{4} \\ & =\left(\frac{e^{x+y}+e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{4}\right)+\left(\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{x-y}+e^{-x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{4}\right) \\ & =\left(\frac{e^x-e^{-x}}{2}\right)\left(\frac{e^y+e^{-y}}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{e^x+e^{-x}}{2}\right)\left(\frac{e^y-e^{-y}}{2}\right) \\ & =\sinh x \cosh y+\cosh x \sinh y \end{aligned} $$
We start from the right hand side of the equality:
$$ \begin{aligned} \sinh x \cosh y+\cosh x \sinh y &=\left(\frac{e^x-e^{-x}}{2}\right)\left(\frac{e^y+e^{-y}}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{e^x+e^{-x}}{2}\right)\left(\frac{e^y-e^{-y}}{2}\right) \\ & =\left(\frac{e^{x+y}+e^{x-y}-e^{-x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{4}\right)+\left(\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{x-y}+e^{-x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{4}\right) \\ & =\frac{2 e^{x+y}-2 e^{-x-y}}{4} \\ & =\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{-x-y}}{2} \\ & =\frac{e^{x+y}-e^{-(x+y)}}{2} \\ & =\sinh (x+y) \end{aligned} $$