Math 354 - Tutorial Problems - Week 2

Symmetric function, application and Parseval identity

1. (a) Find the Fourier series of f (x) = x2 over (−π, π).

(b) Using (a) show that

π2 1 1 1
=1− + − +···
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(c) Using Parseval’s identity, show that

∞
π4 X 1
=
90 k4
k=1

2. Find the Fourier series of f (x) = |x|(|x| − π) over (−π, π). Hence or oth-
erwise, show that
π2 1 1 1
=1+ + + +···
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Fourier series of symmetric functions

3. 3 a, b, e, h
Numerical applications

4. 7 a, b, e
Half range expansions

5. 8 b, c, d

6. 9 b, c, d

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 Complex form of Fourier series and Parseval identity

7. 12 a, b, c

8. 13, 15, 17, 18

9. Find the complex-exponential Fourier series of f (x) = e2x for x ∈ (−π, π)

given that f (x) = f (x + 2π). Hence or otherwise, using Parseval identity,
show that
∞
X 1 π coth 2π
2
=
(2 − ki) 4
k=0