trigonometry - Finding a closed form for $cos{x}+cos{3x}+cos{5x}+cdots+cos{(2n-1)x}$

We have to find

$$g(x)=\cos{x}+\cos{3x}+\cos{5x}+\cdots+\cos{(2n-1)x}$$

I could not get any good idea .

Intialy I thought of using

$$\cos a+\cos b=2\cos(a+b)/2\cos (a-b)/2$$

Answer

Let $z=\cos\theta+i\sin\theta$ i.e. $z=e^{i\theta}$

Your sum:$$e^{i\theta}+e^{3i\theta}+e^{5i\theta}+...e^{(2n-1)i\theta}$$

This is a GP with common ratio $e^{2i\theta}$

Therefore sum is $$\frac{a(r^n-1)}{r-1}$$

$$\frac{e^{i\theta}(e^{2ni\theta}-1)}{e^{2i\theta}-1}$$
$$\frac{(\cos \theta+i\sin\theta)(\cos(2n\theta)+i\sin\theta-1)}{\cos(2\theta)+i\sin(2\theta)-1}$$

Computing it's real part should give you the answer

Acknowledgement:Due credits to @LordShark Idea