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simplifying expressions - FunctionExpand does not yield known simplification


Consider:


Cosh[a ArcSinh[z]] // FunctionExpand


Cosh[a ArcSinh[z]]



Which seems to suggest that there is no simplification that can be done here. However, there is an identity on the wolfram functions site that states


Cosh[a ArcSinh[z]] == ((1/2) (1 + (z + Sqrt[1 + z^2])^(2 a)))/(z + Sqrt[1 + z^2])^a


which is clearly a simplification. Why did FunctionExpand not recognize this and what should I do in future to make Mathematica see this sort of simplification directly without looking it up on a webpage?




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