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Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• User's Guide

• Functions

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Arrays and Matrices

• Linear Algebra

• Elementary Math

• Trigonometric

• Exponential

• Complex

• Rounding and Remainder

• Discrete Math

• Polynomials

• Interpolation and Computational Geometry

• Cartesian Coordinate System Conversion

• Nonlinear Numerical Methods

• Special Functions

• Sparse Matrices

• Math Constants

• Data Analysis

• Programming and Data Types

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Graphics

• 3-D Visualization

• GUI Development

• External Interfaces

• Examples

• Release Notes

cos - Cosine of argument in radians

Syntax

Y = cos(X)

Description

Y = cos(X) returns the cosine for each element of X. The cos function operates element-wise on arrays. All angles are in radians.

Definitions

The cosine of an angle is:

For complex values, cosine is:

Examples

Graph the cosine function over the domain :

x = -pi:0.01:pi; 
plot(x,cos(x)), grid on

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