Fourier Analysis

Pedro Fernando Fernández Espinosa

February 2021

Mathematics compares the most

diverse phenomena and discovers
the secret analogies that unite
them.

Joseph Fourier

Dear students, I wrote this homework in English (it will be the best for your
future). Please feel free to ask questions and comments. I hope you enjoy it.

Showing the details of your work, find the Fourier series of the given f (x),
which is assumed to have the period 2π. Sketch or graph the partial sums.

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 Find the Fourier series of the function f (x), of period p = 2L, and sketch or
graph the first three partial sums. (Show the details of your work.)

• f (x) =
−1 −2 < x < 0 • f (x) = 1 − x2 −1 < x < 1 p = 2
1 0<x<2 
0 if − 2 < x < 0
• f (x) =
x if 0 < x < 2
• f (x) = πx3 /2 −1 < x < 1, p = 2

−x if − 1 < x < 0
• f (x) = sin πx 0 < x < 1 p = 1 • f (x) =
x if 0 < x < 2

Are the following functions, which are assumed to be periodic of period 2π.
even, odd, or neither even nor odd?
(
• f (x) = x|x| − x3 , −π < x < π 1
(1+x2 ) if − π < x < 0
• f (x) = −1
(1+x2 ) if 0 < x < π

Is the given function even or odd? Find its Fourier series. Sketch or graph
the function and some partial sums. (Show the details of your work.)

πe−x if − π < x < 0 −1 − 12 |x| if − 2 < x < 2

 
• f (x) = x • f (x) =
πe if 0 < x < π 0 if 2 < x < 6

Due Friday March 12.