ASSIGNMENT-5

AM102 : (2024-25 Even Sem.)

1. Expand in Fourier series f (x) = x − x2 , −π < x < π. Hence prove that

π2 1 1 1
= 1 − 2 + 2 − 2 + ...
12 2 3 4
2
Answer : −π
 cosx cos2x
+ cos3x
  sinx sin2x sin3x

3 +4 12 − 22 32 − ... + 2 1 − 2 + 3 − ... .
2. If f (x + 2π) = f (x), find the Fourier series expansion of the function

 0, −π < x < 0
f (x) =
 πx , 0 < x < π
4
2
1
Hence prove that 1 + + 512 + · · · = π8
32
π2
− 21 cos
 x cos 3x cos 5x
 π
 sin x sin 2x sin 3x

Answer : f (x) ≈ 16 12 + 32 + 52 + ··· + 4 1 − 2 + 3 − ···
3. If f (x + 2) = f (x), find the Fourier series expansion of the function,

 −2, −1 < x < 0
f (x) =
 2, 0 < x < 1

8
 sin πx
+ sin 33πx + sin 55πx + · · ·

Answer : f (x) ≈ π 1

4. Obtain a fourier series to represent the function f (x) = | cos x| for π < x < π.
Answer : π2 + π4 cos2x − cos4x
 
3 15 + ... .

5. If f (x + 2π) = f (x), obtain Fourier series expansion for the function given by

2x
 1+
π , −π ≤ x ≤ 0
f (x) =
 1− 2x
π , 0≤x≤π
2
1
Hence prove that 12 + 312 + 512 + · · · = π8
8
 cos x cos 3x cos 5x 
Answer : f (x) ≈ π2 12 + 32 + 52

6. If f (x + 10) = f (x), find the Fourier series expansion of the function defined in arbitrary period,

 0, −5 ≤ x ≤ 0
f (x) =
 3, 0≤x≤5
3 6
sin πx + 31 sin 3πx 1
 
Answer : f (x) ≈ 2 + π 5 5 + 5 sin πx + · · ·
 7. Determine the sine series expansion for the function defined by:

1, 0 < x < π

f (x) = 2
2, π < x < π.

2
∞
Answer : f (x) = π2 n=1 n1 cos nπ
P  n

2 + 1 − 2(−1) sinnx.

8. Find half range Fourier sine series expansion of the function

f (x) = ex in the interval (0, 1)

h i
1(1+e) 2(1−e) 3(1+e)
Answer : f (x) ≈ 2π 1+π 2 sin πx + 1+4π 2 sin 2πx + 1+9π 2 sin 3πx + · · ·
9. Obtain the half-range cosine series and the half range sine series for the function

sinx, 0 < x < π

f (x) = 2
0, π
< x < π.

2
Answer : f (x) = π1 + π1 cosx − 2cosx − cos3x − 2cos4x
 
3 15 + ... .
10. Find the fourier series for the function f (x) = e−x , 0 < x < 2π with f (x + 2π) = f (x).
−2π P∞
Answer : e−x = 1−eπ { 12 + n=1 ( cos(nx) nsin(nx)
n2 +1 + n2 +1 )}

11. Obtain the first three coefficients in the Fourier cosine series for y, where y is given in the
following table:

x: 0 1 2 3 4 5
y: 4 8 15 7 6 2

Answer :y ≈ 7-2.8 cosx -1.5 cos2x +2.7 cos3x

12. Obtain Fourier sine series of y for the data given below:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 0 10 15 8 5 3 0

Answer : y ≈ 10.607 sin πx 2πx 3πx

6 + 4.907 sin 6 + 1.667 sin 6 + · · ·

13. The following table connects values of x and y for a statistical input:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 9 18 24 28 26 20

Express y in Fourier series up to first harmonic. Also find amplitude of the first harmonic.
Answer :
 πx πx 
y ≈ 20.835 − 8.33 cos + 1.15 sin + ···
3 3
p
The amplitude of first harmonic is given by (−8.33)2 + (−1.15)2 = 8.41