Power Series Expansion for Cosine Function

Theorem
The cosine function has the power series expansion:

valid for all $x \in \R$.

Proof
From Derivative of Cosine Function:
 * $\dfrac \rd {\rd x} \cos x = -\sin x$

From Derivative of Sine Function:
 * $\dfrac \rd {\rd x} \sin x = \cos x$

Hence:

and so for all $m \in \N$:

where $k \in \Z$.

This leads to the Maclaurin series expansion:

From Series of Power over Factorial Converges, it follows that this series is convergent for all $x$.

Also see

 * Power Series Expansion for Sine Function