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Geometrically, the cosine is a projection of the complex number exp(−ix) to the real axis. The behavior of the cosine function can be studied in the following interactive figure, where you can drag the point x and observe the behaviour of the complex number exp(−ix) and the value of cosine(x).  
The cosine is a projection of the complex number exp(−ix) (which is a point on the unit circle in the complex plane) to the real axis on the complex plane. In the following interactive figure, you can drag the point x on the real axis and observe the behaviour of the complex number exp(−ix) and the varying value of cosine(x).  


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Latest revision as of 13:21, 6 March 2016

The cosine is a projection of the complex number exp(−ix) (which is a point on the unit circle in the complex plane) to the real axis on the complex plane. In the following interactive figure, you can drag the point x on the real axis and observe the behaviour of the complex number exp(−ix) and the varying value of cosine(x).

Cosine Unit Circle on the Complex Plane

read more about cosine on Bookofproofs