Higher Engineering Mathematics, Sixth Edition

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Fourier series for a non-periodic function over range 2π 621


Whenθ=π, f(θ )=π^2


Hence π^2 =

4 π^2
3

+ 4

(
cosπ+

1
4

cos2π

+

1
9

cos3π+

1
16

cos4π+···

)

− 4 π

(
sinπ+

1
2

sin2π

+

1
3

sin3π+···

)

i.e. π^2 −

4 π^2
3

= 4

(
− 1 +

1
4


1
9

+

1
16

−···

)
− 4 π( 0 )


π^2
3

= 4

(
− 1 +

1
4


1
9

+

1
16

−···

)

π^2
3

= 4

(
1 −

1
4

+

1
9


1
16

+···

)

Hence

π^2
12

= 1 −

1
4

+

1
9


1
16

+···

or


π^2
12

= 1 −

1
22

+

1
32


1
42

+···

Now try the following exercise


Exercise 229 Further problemson Fourier
series of non-periodic functions over a range
of 2π


  1. Show that the Fourier series for the function
    f(x)=x over the rangex=0tox= 2 π is
    given by:
    f(x)=π− 2


(
sinx+^12 sin2x

+^13 sin3x+^14 sin4x+···

)


  1. Determine the Fourier series for the function
    defined by:


f(t)=

{
1 −t, when−π<t< 0
1 +t, when 0<t<π

Draw a graph of the function within and
outside of the given range.





f(t)=

π
2

+ 1 −

4
π

(
cost+

cos3t
32
+
cos5t
52

+···

)






  1. Find the Fourier series for the function
    f(x)=x⎡+πwithin the range−π<x<π.





f(x)=π+ 2

(
sinx−

1
2

sin2x

+

1
3

sin3x−···

)






  1. Determine the Fourier series up to and
    including the third harmonic for the
    function defined by:


f(x)=

{
x, when 0<x<π
2 π−x, whenπ<x< 2 π

Sketch a graph of the function within and
outsideofthegivenrange,assumingtheperiod
is 2π.




f(x)=

π
2


4
π

(
cosx+

cos3x
32

+

cos5x
52

+···

)






  1. Expand the function f(θ )=θ^2 in a Fourier
    series in the range−π<θ<π.
    Sketch the function within and outside of the
    given range.






f(θ )=

π^2
3

− 4

(
cosθ−

1
22

cos2θ

+

1
32

cos3θ−···

)







  1. For the Fourier series obtained in Problem 5,
    letθ=πand deduce the series for


∑∞
n= 1

1
n^2
[
1 +

1
22

+

1
32

+

1
42

+

1
52

+···=

π^2
6

]


  1. Show that the Fourier series for the triangular
    waveform shown in Fig. 67.5 is given by:


y=

8
π^2

(
sinθ−

1
32

sin3θ+

1
52

sin5θ


1
72

sin7θ+···

)
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