Sunday, 6 November 2016

calculus - Calculating value of the fourier series



In the following fourier series, how the red marked numbers are calculated?
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Answer



The easiest way to verify this equality is to work from the right hand side. Expand it into a Fourier series, and check that the result is the series on the left. Then appeal to an appropriate theorem on the pointwise convergence of Fourier series; Dirichlet's theorem is tailor-made for this case.



But if you insist on working from left to right, then complex analysis can help. The function sin(2k1)x is secretly the imaginary part of exp((2k1)ix)=z2k1 where z=exp(ix). Then use the Taylor series
2k=1z2k12k1=log1+z1z



but watch out: our z is right on the border of the disk of convergence. Finally, use the fact that the map w=1+z1z sends the unit disk onto the right half-plane, and the imaginary part of log picks up the argument of w. Said argument is ±π/2 when w is on the boundary of the right half-plane...



The last, but not the least: try to type formulas instead of posting images. It's not that hard.


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