Worksheet V (Ch-5)

1. Expand f(x)=x2 for [0,2π] in a Fourier Series

2. Find a Fourier series to represent x-x2 from x=-π to x=π and hence deduce
1 1 1 1 2
    .... 
12 2 2 3 2 4 2 12
3. Find the Fourier series of the following functions
1
  x, for    x  0  x   for 0  x  
a) f ( x)   2 d ) f ( x)  

1
 x for 0  x     x for   x  2
 2
  
1 for  2  x  2 cos x for    x  0
b) f ( x )   e) f ( x )  
 3  sin x for 0  x  
  1 for  x 
 2 2
  
 x for  2  x  2 0 for  2  x  0
c) f ( x)   f ) f ( x)  
 3  1 for 0  x  2
 0 for  x 
 2 2
4. If f(x)=0 for    x  0 and f(x)=1 for 0<x<  ,develop the full range Fourier series for
the range    x   .
5. Show that for    x   ,
2 sin a sin x 2 sin 2 x 3 sin 3x
sin ax  [ 2  2   ...]
 1 a 2
2  a 2 32  a 2
 2k c
 c t , for 0  t  2
6. Find the half-range expansions of the function f (t )  
2k c
 (c  t ) for  t  c
c 2
 x 0  x  1
7. If f ( x)  
 (2  x) 1  x  2
Show that in the interval (0,2)


4 cosx cos 3x cos 5x
f ( x)  [     ....
2  12 32 52
8. Obtain the Fourier series for f(x) = │sinx│in    x  

9. A sinusoidal voltage E sin t is passed through a half-wave rectifier which clips the
negative portion of the wave. Develop the resulting period function
 T
 0 when  2  t  0 2
u (t )   where T 
E sin t when 0  t 
T 
 2
in a Fourier series?