Cosine and hyperbolic cosine
Syntax
Y = cos(X)
Y = cosh(X)
Description
The cos and cosh functions operate element-wise on arrays. The functions' domains and ranges include complex values. All angles are in radians.
Y = cos(X)
returns the circular cosine for each element of X.
Y = cosh(X)
returns the hyperbolic cosine for each element of X.
Examples
Graph the cosine function over the domain
and the hyperbolic cosine function over the domain
x = -pi:0.01:pi; plot(x,cos(x))
x = -5:0.01:5; plot(x,cosh(x))

The expression cos(pi/2) is not exactly zero but a value the size of the floating-point accuracy, eps, because pi is only a floating-point approximation to the exact value of
.
Algorithm
See Also
acos, acosh Inverse cosine and inverse hyperbolic cosine
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