Proving that this process is weakly-stationary [duplicate]

Let $$X(t) = Acos(2\pi f_c t)$$ be a random process where $$A$$ is a uniform random variable within $$(-1,1)$$. I'm trying to prove this is a weakly(i.e. wide sense) stationary process. I need to show two conditions

1. Constant mean.
2. Autocorrelation $$R_X(t_1,t_2)$$ only depends on the time difference $$t_2-t_1$$.

First one is easy. However, I can't prove the second condition. I've tried the following,

$$R_X(t_1,t_2) = E[X(t_1)X(t_2)] = E[ Acos(2\pi f_c t_1) * Acos(2\pi f_c t_2)] = cos(2\pi f_c t_1)* cos(2\pi f_c t_2)*E[A^2]$$

Using trig identities,

$$=1/2(cos(2\pi f_c (t_1+t_2)-cos(2\pi f_c (t_1-t_2))*E[A^2]$$

Where $$E[.]$$ is the expectation operator.

I'm stuck here, how can I do this?

• You are trying to prove a statement that is false. The process $X(t) = A\cos(2\pi f_c t)$ is not a WSS process regardless of the distribution of $A$. See Why is $A\cos(2\pi f_ct)$ a non-stationary process? and its answers for details. I vote to close. – Dilip Sarwate Apr 24 at 3:19
• @DilipSarwate In the linked answer, the conditions you list seem to be for strictly stationary processes, whereas I'm interested to see if it is a weakly stationary process. Am I wrong? – zeke Apr 24 at 6:21