MAT2002 - ADDE Dr. T.

Phaneendra
Module 1 Professor of Mathematics
Fourier series over a general interval: Let f (x) be a periodic function, with period 2L
satisfying the following Dirichlet conditions on each interval (–L, L):

Case (a): f (x) is an even function: The Fourier coefficients of f are

2 L 2 L  nx 
a0  
L 0
f  x  dx, an  
L 0
f  x  cos 
 L 
 dx , bn  0 for n  1, 2, 3,
a   nx 
Then f (x) can be represented by the Fourier series f  x   0   an cos  
2 n 1  L 

Case (b): f (x) is an odd function: The Fourier coefficients of f are

2 L  nx 
a0  0, an  0, bn 
L 0 
f  x  sin 
 L 
 dx for n  1, 2, 3, .
  nx 
Then f (x) can be represented by the Fourier series f  x    an sin  
n 1  L 

Example 1. Find the Fourier series of f(x) = x in – π < x < π.

Hence deduce that

Solution.

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Example 2. Find the Fourier series of f(x) = x2 in – π ≤ x ≤ π.

Hence deduce that

Solution.

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Example 3. Find the Fourier series of

Hence deduce that

Solution.

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Example 4. Find the Fourier series of

Hence deduce that

Solution.

Example 5. Find the Fourier series of f(x) = sin ax in – π ≤ x ≤ π, where a is not an

integer.

Solution.

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Therefore the Fourier series is

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