Originální popis anglicky: 
cos, cosf, cosl - cosine function
Návod, kniha: Linux Programmer's Manual
#include <math.h>
 
double cos(double x);
 
float cosf(float x);
 
long double cosl(long double x);
 
Link with -lm.
The 
cos() function returns the cosine of 
x, where 
x is
  given in radians.
The 
cos() function returns a value between -1 and 1.
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899. The float and the long double variants are C99
  requirements.
acos(3), 
asin(3), 
atan(3), 
atan2(3), 
sin(3),
  
tan(3)