Cis (mathematics)

"Cisoidal oscillation" redirects here. For the plane curve generated from two curves, see Cissoid.

cis is a mathematical notation defined by cis x = cos x + i sin x, ^{[nb 1]} where cos is the cosine function, i is the imaginary unit and sin is the sine function. x is the argument of the complex number (angle between line to point and x-axis in polar form). The notation is less commonly used in mathematics than Euler's formula, e^ix, which offers an even shorter notation for cos x + i sin x, but cis(x) is widely used as a name for this function in software libraries.

Overview

The cis notation is a shorthand for the combination of functions on the right-hand side of Euler's formula:

${\displaystyle e^{ix}=\cos x+i\sin x,}$

where i² = −1. So,

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cis} x=\cos x+i\sin x,}$ ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

i.e. "cis" is an acronym for "Cos i Sin".

It connects trigonometric functions with exponential functions in the complex plane via Euler's formula. While the domain of definition is usually ${\displaystyle x\in \mathbb {R} }$, complex values ${\displaystyle z\in \mathbb {C} }$ are possible as well:

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cis} z=\cos z+i\sin z,}$

so the cis function can be used to extend Euler's formula to a more general complex version. ^[5]

The function is mostly used as a convenient shorthand notation to simplify some expressions, ^{[6] [7] [8]} for example in conjunction with Fourier and Hartley transforms, ^{[9] [10] [11]} or when exponential functions shouldn't be used for some reason in math education.

In information technology, the function sees dedicated support in various high-performance math libraries (such as Intel's Math Kernel Library (MKL) ^[12] or MathCW ^[13] ), available for many compilers, programming languages (including C, C++, ^[14] Common Lisp, ^{[15] [16]} D, ^[17] Fortran, ^[18] Haskell, ^[19] Julia, ^[20] and Rust ^[21] ), and operating systems (including Windows, Linux, ^[18] macOS and HP-UX ^[22] ). Depending on the platform the fused operation is about twice as fast as calling the sine and cosine functions individually. ^{[17] [3]}

Mathematical identities

Derivative

${\displaystyle {\frac {\mathrm {d} }{\mathrm {d} z}}\operatorname {cis} z=i\operatorname {cis} z=ie^{iz}}$ ^{[1] [23]}

Integral

${\displaystyle \int \operatorname {cis} z\,\mathrm {d} z=-i\operatorname {cis} z=-ie^{iz}}$ ^[1]

Other properties

These follow directly from Euler's formula.

${\displaystyle \cos(x)={\frac {\operatorname {cis} (x)+\operatorname {cis} (-x)}{2}}={\frac {e^{ix}+e^{-ix}}{2}}}$

${\displaystyle \sin(x)={\frac {\operatorname {cis} (x)-\operatorname {cis} (-x)}{2i}}={\frac {e^{ix}-e^{-ix}}{2i}}}$

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cis} (x+y)=\operatorname {cis} x\,\operatorname {cis} y}$ ^[24]

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cis} (x-y)={\operatorname {cis} x \over \operatorname {cis} y}}$

The identities above hold if x and y are any complex numbers. If x and y are real, then

${\displaystyle |\operatorname {cis} x-\operatorname {cis} y|\leq |x-y|.}$ ^[24]

History

The cis notation was first coined by William Rowan Hamilton in Elements of Quaternions (1866) ^{[25] [26]} and subsequently used by Irving Stringham (who also called it "sector of x") in works such as Uniplanar Algebra (1893), ^{[27] [28]} James Harkness and Frank Morley in their Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions (1898), ^{[28] [29]} or by George Ashley Campbell (who also referred to it as "cisoidal oscillation") in his works on transmission lines (1901) and Fourier integrals (1928). ^{[30] [31] [32]}

In 1942, inspired by the cis notation, Ralph V. L. Hartley introduced the cas (for cosine-and-sine) function for the real-valued Hartley kernel, a meanwhile established shortcut in conjunction with Hartley transforms: ^{[33] [34]}

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cas} x=\cos x+\sin x.}$

Two hyperbolic function shortcuts have been defined as: ^[35]

${\displaystyle \operatorname {cish} x=\cosh x+i\sinh x}$

${\displaystyle \operatorname {sich} x=\sinh x+i\cosh x}$

Motivation

The cis notation is sometimes used to emphasize one method of viewing and dealing with a problem over another. ^[36] The mathematics of trigonometry and exponentials are related but not exactly the same; exponential notation emphasizes the whole, whereas cis x and cos x + i sin x notations emphasize the parts. This can be rhetorically useful to mathematicians and engineers when discussing this function, and further serve as a mnemonic (for cos + i sin). ^[32]

The cis notation is convenient for math students whose knowledge of trigonometry and complex numbers permit this notation, but whose conceptual understanding does not yet permit the notation e^ix. As students learn concepts that build on prior knowledge, it is important not to force them into levels of math for which they are not yet prepared: the usual proof that cis x = e^ix requires calculus, which the student may not have studied before encountering the expression cos x + i sin x.

This notation was more common when typewriters were used to convey mathematical expressions.

See also

• De Moivre's formula
• Euler's formula
• Complex number
• Ptolemy's theorem
• Phasor
• Versor

Notes

1. Here, i refers to the imaginary unit in mathematics. Since i is commonly used to denote electric current in electrical engineering and control systems engineering, the imaginary unit is alternatively denoted by j instead of i in these contexts. Regardless of context, this does not affect the established name of the function as cis.

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