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Exercises Fourier Series

This document contains 15 exercises on Fourier series. The exercises provide examples of functions and ask the reader to find the Fourier series representations of those functions. Several exercises also ask the reader to determine properties of a function's Fourier coefficients based on given properties of the function.

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Exercises Fourier Series

This document contains 15 exercises on Fourier series. The exercises provide examples of functions and ask the reader to find the Fourier series representations of those functions. Several exercises also ask the reader to determine properties of a function's Fourier coefficients based on given properties of the function.

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Exercises on Fourier Series

Exercise Set 1
1. Find the Fourier series of the function f dened by
f(x) =
_
1 if < x < 0,
1 if 0 < x < .
and f has period 2. What does the Fourier series converge to at x = 0?
Answer: f(x)
4

n=0
sin(2n + 1)x
(2n + 1)
. The series converges to 0. So,
in order to make the Fourier series converge to f(x) for all x we must
dene f(0) = 0.
2. What is the Fourier series of the function f of period 2 dened by
f(x) =
_
1 if < x < 0,
3 if 0 < x < .
What does the series converge to when x = 0?
Answer: f(x) 2 +
4

n=0
sin(2n + 1)x
(2n + 1)
. The series converges to 2, that
is, the average value of f around 0, namely, (1 + 3)/2 = 2.
3. Let h be a given number in the interval (0, ). Find the Fourier cosine
series of the function
f(x) =
_
1 if 0 < x < h,
0 if h < x < .
Answer: f(x)
2h

_
1
2
+

n=1
sin(nh)
nh
cos nx
_
.
1
2 The ABCs of Calculus
4. Calculate the Fourier sine series of the function dened by f(x) = x(x)
on (0, ). Use its Fourier representation to nd the value of the innite
series
1
1
3
3
+
1
5
3

1
7
3
+
1
9
3
+ . . . .
Answer: f(x)
8

n=1
sin(2n 1)x
(2n 1)
3
. Set x =

2
and rearrange terms to
get the value

3
32
.
5. Let h be a given number in the interval (0,

2
). Find the Fourier cosine
series representation of
f(x) =
_

_
1 if x = 0,
2h x
2h
if 0 < x < 2h,
0 if 2h < x < .
where f is of period 2.
Answer: f(x)
2h

_
1
2
+

n=1
_
sin nh
nh
_
2
cos nx
_
6. What is the Fourier sine series of f(x) =

4

x
2
, where 0 < x < .
Answer: f(x)

n=1
sin 2nx
2n
.
7. What is the Fourier cosine series of f(x) =

4

x
2
, where 0 < x < .
Answer: f(x)
2

n=0
cos(2n + 1)x
(2n + 1)
2
.
8. What is the Fourier sine series of f(x) = x
2
where 0 < x < .
Answer: f(x)
2

n=1
(1)
n+1
_

2
n
+
2
n
3
((1)
n
1)
_
sinnx.
9. Find the Fourier series of f(x) = |x| where L < x < L.
Answer: f(x)
L
2

4L

n=0
1
(2n + 1)
2
cos
_
(2n + 1)x
L
_
.
10. Calculate the Fourier series of f(x) = x
2
where 0 < x < 2 and f has
period 2.
Answer: f(x)
4
2
3
+ 4

n=1
cos nx
n
2
4

n=1
sin nx
n
.
Functions and their properties 3
11. The function f is dened by f(x) = e
x
for L < x < L. Find its Fourier
series.
Answer: f(x)
e
L
e
L
2L
+ L(e
L
e
L
)

n=1
(1)
n
L
2
+ n
2

2
cos
_
nx
L
_
+
(e
L
e
L
)

n=1
n(1)
n1
L
2
+ n
2

2
sin
_
nx
L
_
.
12. Let a be a given integer. The function f is dened by f(x) = sin ax for
0 < x < . Find its Fourier cosine series.
Answer:
sin ax
_

_
4a

n=0
cos(2n + 1)x
a
2
(2n + 1)
2
if a is even,
4a

_
1
2a
2
+

n=1
cos 2nx
a
2
4n
2
_
if a is odd.
13. A function f has the property that f(x+) = f(x) for all x. Show that
all its even Fourier coecients are zero (i.e., a
0
= a
2
= a
4
= a
6
= . . . =
0, b
2
= b
4
= b
6
= . . . = 0).
Hint: Show that f must be periodic with period 2.
14. A function f satises the two conditions
f(x) = f(x)
and f(x + ) = f(x) for all x. Show that its Fourier coecients satisfy
a
0
= a
2
= a
4
= a
6
= . . . = 0, b
1
= b
2
= b
3
= b
4
= . . . = 0).
15. Let f be a function with the properties
f(x) = f(x)
and f(x + ) = f(x) for all x. Show that its Fourier coecients satisfy
a
0
= a
1
= a
2
= a
3
= . . . = 0, b
2
= b
4
= b
6
= . . . = 0).
Suggested Homework Set 1 Do problems 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 13

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