MODULE-2

FOURIER SERIES

Practice Questions

Topic 1: FS in the interval (𝟎, 𝟐 𝝅) and (−𝝅, 𝝅)

1. Obtain the Fourier series expansion of the function 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑒 𝑥 , 0 <

𝑥 < 2𝜋

Soltn: Nature: Neither Even nor Odd

𝑒 2𝜋 −1 (𝑒 2𝜋 −1) 1−𝑒 2𝜋 𝑛
𝑎0 = , 𝑎𝑛 = & 𝑏𝑛 = ( ) ∗ ((1+𝑛2))
𝜋 𝜋(1+𝑛2 ) 𝜋

𝒆𝟐𝝅 −𝟏 (𝒆𝟐𝝅 −𝟏) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝒏𝒙) 𝟏−𝒆𝟐𝝅 𝐧

𝒆𝒙 = + ∑∞
𝒏=𝟏 + ( ) ∑∞
𝒏=𝟏 {(𝟏+𝒏𝟐 )} 𝒔𝒊𝒏 (𝒏𝒙)
𝟐𝝅 𝝅 (𝟏+𝒏𝟐 ) 𝝅

2. Obtain the Fourier series expansion of 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 sin(𝑥 ) 𝑖𝑛 − 𝜋 < 𝑥 < 𝜋

Solt: 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 sin(𝑥 ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑓𝑛 𝑖𝑛 − 𝜋 < 𝑥 < 𝜋

𝑎0 (−1)𝑛+1 1
𝑏𝑛 = 0 , 𝑎0 = 2 (𝑜𝑟) = 1 , 𝑎𝑛 = 2 , 𝑛 ≠ 1 & 𝑎1 = −
2 𝑛2 −1 2

𝟏 (−𝟏)𝒏+𝟏
∴ 𝒙 ∗ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒙 = 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝒙) + 𝟐 ∑∞
𝒏=𝟐 { } 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝒏𝒙)
𝟐 𝒏𝟐 −𝟏
 𝜋𝑥 , 0≤𝑥≤𝜋
3. Draw the graph of the function 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = { and also
2𝜋 − 𝑥, 𝜋 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋
find the Fourier expansion of the function 𝑓(𝑥). Hence show that
𝜋2 1 1 1
= + + +⋯
8 12 32 52

4. A sinusoidal voltage (𝜔𝑡) , 𝑡 is time is passed through a half wave

rectifier that clips the negative portion of the wave as shown in the
figure below. Find the Fourier series of the resulting periodic function
0, −𝐿 <𝑡 < 0 2𝜋
𝑢(𝑡) = { where period 𝑝 =
𝐸𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝜔𝑡), 0<𝑡<𝐿 𝜔