Engineering Mathematics V 2A

Tutorial 9
Find a Fourier series for the following periodic functions
1.
− π2 ≤ x < 0

 0
f (x) = 

π
 2x
π 0≤x< 2
if f (x) = f (x + π).

2.
−π ≤ t < 0
(
0
f (t) =
t 0≤t<π
if f (t) = f (t + 2π).

3.
−π ≤ t < 0
(
1
f (t) =
cos t 0≤t<π
if f (t) = f (t + 2π).

1
4. f (x) = − x if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and f (x) = f (x + 1)
2
5. For the waveform shown below, determine
(a) a function representing one cycle of the periodic waveform above.
(b) the Fourier series for the function and
(c) the sum of the Fourier series at the points of discontinuity.

6. The Fourier series expansion for f (θ) = θ2 is

π2
!
1 1 1
f (θ) = − 4 cos θ − 2 cos2 θ + 2 cos3 θ − 2 cos4 θ + . . .
3 2 3 4
Let θ = π,
P∞ 1
(a) Use the given series to deduce a sum for the series n=1
n2
3π2
(b) Deduce the series for
2
7. Given the series for the function g(x) = 2x over −π ≤ x ≤ π as
!
1 1 1 1 1
g(x) = 4 sin x − sin 2x + sin 3x − sin 4x + sin 5x − sin 6x + . . . .
2 3 4 5 6
π π
Let x = , deduce a series for .
2 4