std::cos, std::cosf, std::cosl

Since C++26

Header: <cmath>

1-3) Computes the cosine of num (measured in radians).The library provides overloads of std::cos for all cv-unqualified floating-point types as the type of the parameter.(since C++23)

# Declarations

float cos ( float num );
double cos ( double num );
long double cos ( long double num );

(until C++23)

/*floating-point-type*/
cos ( /*floating-point-type*/ num );

(since C++23) (constexpr since C++26)

float cosf( float num );

(since C++11) (constexpr since C++26)

long double cosl( long double num );

(since C++11) (constexpr since C++26)

SIMD overload (since C++26)

template< /*math-floating-point*/ V >
constexpr /*deduced-simd-t*/<V>
cos ( const V& v_num );

(since C++26)

Additional overloads (since C++11)

template< class Integer >
double cos ( Integer num );

(constexpr since C++26)

# Parameters

# Return value

If no errors occur, the cosine of num (cos(num)) in the range [-1.0,+1.0], is returned.

# Notes

The case where the argument is infinite is not specified to be a domain error in C, but it is defined as a domain error in POSIX.

The additional overloads are not required to be provided exactly as (A). They only need to be sufficient to ensure that for their argument num of integer type, std::cos(num) has the same effect as std::cos(static_cast(num)).

# Example

#include <cerrno>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <numbers>
 
// #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
 
constexpr double pi = std::numbers::pi; // or std::acos(-1) before C++20
 
constexpr double your_cos(double x)
{
    double cos{1}, pow{x};
    for (auto fac{1ull}, n{1ull}; n != 19; fac *= ++n, pow *= x)
        if ((n & 1) == 0)
            cos += (n & 2 ? -pow : pow) / fac;
    return cos;
}
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << std::setprecision(10) << std::showpos
              << "Typical usage:\n"
              << "std::cos(pi/3) = " << std::cos(pi / 3) << '\n'
              << "your cos(pi/3) = " << your_cos(pi / 3) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(pi/2) = " << std::cos(pi / 2) << '\n'
              << "your cos(pi/2) = " << your_cos(pi / 2) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(-3*pi/4) = " << std::cos(-3 * pi / 4) << '\n'
              << "your cos(-3*pi/4) = " << your_cos(-3 * pi / 4) << '\n'
              << "Special values:\n"
              << "std::cos(+0) = " << std::cos(0.0) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(-0) = " << std::cos(-0.0) << '\n';
 
    // error handling
    std::feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
 
    std::cout << "cos(INFINITY) = " << std::cos(INFINITY) << '\n';
    if (std::fetestexcept(FE_INVALID))
        std::cout << "    FE_INVALID raised\n";
}

# See also