Cosine of a Cubic Polynomial

Plot of . In general, the larger the argument of a trigonometric function, the faster the function will oscillate. Near zeros of the derivative of the argument, the argument does not change much and the trigonometric function will have smaller variations.


, , — coefficients of the linear, quadratic, and cubic terms
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