Math 3001 Due Fri Nov 25

Assignment #9
1. Prove Abels theorem:
Let

n=0
a
n
x
n
have radius of convergence R = 1, and let

n=0
a
n
be
convergent. Then
lim
x1

n=0
a
n
x
n
=

n=0
a
n
.
Proof. If

n=0
a
n
x
n
has radius of convergence R = 1, and

n=0
a
n
con-
verges then f(x) =

n=0
a
n
x
n
converges uniformly on [0, 1]. Thus, f(x)
is continuous on [0, 1]. Therefore,
lim
x1

f(x) = f(1) =

n=0
a
n
2. Use the statement obtained in Problem 1 and Cauchys theorem about
multiplication of two absolutely convergent series to show that
_

n=0
a
n
__

n=0
b
n
_
=
_

n=0
c
n
_
, c
n
= a
0
b
n
+a
1
b
n1
+ +a
n
b
0
,
if all there series converge (not necessarily absolutely).
P.S. This statement was published by Abel in 1826.
Proof. Let A(x) =

a
n
x
n
, B(x) =

b
n
x
n
, and C(x) =

c
n
x
n
.
Since

a
n
,

b
n
, and

c
n
are all convergent, the series A(x), B(x),
and C(x) are all absolutely convergent for |x| < 1. So, by Cauchys
Theorem, we have
A(x) B(x) = C(x) on (0, 1).
Hence, by Abels Theorem,
lim
x1

A(x) lim
x1

B(x) = lim
x1

C(x).
Therefore, we have
_

n=0
a
n
__

n=0
b
n
_
=
_

n=0
c
n
_
, c
n
= a
0
b
n
+a
1
b
n1
+ +a
n
b
0
,
3. A) For which values of x R the sequence
S
n
= |
n

k=1
cos(kx)|
is bounded?
Solution:
We use the fact that 2 cos a sin b = sin(a +b) sin(a b). So
2 sin(x/2)
n

k=1
cos(kx) =
n

k=1
_
sin
_
(k + 1/2)x
_
sin
_
(k 1/2)x
_
_
= sin
_
2n + 1
2
x
_
sin
_
x
2
_
(telescoping series)
= 2 cos
_
n + 1
2
x
_
sin
_
nx
2
_
,
since sin u sin v = 2 cos
_
u +v
2
_
sin
_
u v
2
_
Thus we have

k=1
cos(kx)

<
1
|sin(x/2)|
, where x = 2m, m Z
B) Let sequence {f
n
}

n=1
be monotone and lim
n
f
n
= 0. For which
values of x R the trigonometric series

n=1
f
n
cos(nx) converges?
Solution:
By Dirichlets Theorem, if f
n
is monotone and convergent to 0 and

n=1
a
n

< K for all N, then

n=1
a
n
f
n
converges. In 3a, we have shown
that |

cos(nx)| is bounded for x = 2m for any m Z. Thus,

n=1
f
n
cos(nx) converges for all x = 2m.
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4. A) Explain why series

n=1
(1)
n
sin(nx)
n
converges uniformly on ( +, ) for any 0 < < .
Solution:
By Dirichlet-Abel-Hardy Theorem, we know that

n=1
sin(nx)
n
converges
uniformly on [, 2 ] since |

sin(nx)| < csc(x/2). Also, since

csc(x/2) is unbounded as x 0
+
or x 2

, we need > 0 for

uniformly bounded. Now if we change x x + then we get
sin(nx) sin(nx +n)
= sin(nx) cos(n) + sin(n) cos(nx)
= (1)
n
sin(nx)
Therefore, we have

n=1
sin(nx)
n
converges on (, 2)
x x +

n=1
(1)
n
sin(nx)
n
converges on (+, ).
This implies that

n=1
(1)
n
sin(nx)
n
converges on (+, ) as well.
B) Show that the series in (A) is the Fourier series for function F(x) = x/2
on (, ).
Solution:
The Fourier series of a function is given by
f(x) =
1
2
a
0
+

n=1
a
n
cos nx +

n=1
b
n
sin nx.
Since f(x) =
x
2
is an odd function we have a
0
= a
n
= 0. So we now
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need to nd b
n
.
b
n
=
1

x sin(nx)
2
dx
=
1
2
_
x cos(nx)
n

+
1
n
_

cos(nx) dx
_
=
(1)
n+1
n
Therefore, we have
f(x) =
x
2
=

n=1
(1)
n
sin(nx)
n
C) Evaluate

n=1
(1)
n
sin(5n/4)
n
Solution:
Since x =
5
4
(, ) and sin x has a period of 2, we need to
evaluate the series at x =
3
4
=
5
4
2. Thus,

n=1
(1)
n
sin(5n/4)
n
=

n=1
(1)
n
sin(3n/4)
n
=
x
2

x =
3
4
=
3
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5. Give an example of a function for which corresponded to it Fourier
series has only nite number of terms.
Solution:
Some examples: any constant function, sin(x), cos(x), etc.
6. EXTRA POINTS We have seen that the function dened as F(x) =
e
x
2
for x = 0 and F(x) = 0 for x = 0 is not equal to its Taylor series
centered at zero for all x = 0.
Consider now Taylor series centered at a = 0 for this function. Can
you use it to evaluate F(0)?
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