CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES
Assignment Questions
Engineering Mathematics III: 15MAT31

MODULE-1
FOURIER SERIES
1.Find the Fourier series for the function f ( x)  x  x in    x   .hence deduce that
2

2
  1  1  1  1  .......... .......... ....
12 2 2 2 2
1 2 3 4
2.Find the Fourier series for the function f ( x)  x  x in    x   .hence deduce that
2

2 2
i)    ii)   
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   .......... ....    .......... ....
12 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 2
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
2
iii)   
1 1 1
  .......... ....
8 2 2 2
1 3 5
3.Expand the function f ( x)  x(2  x) in (0,2 ) & deduce that
2 2
i)  1
 
1

1

1
 .......... .... ii)  1
 
1

1

1
 .......... ....
12 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 2
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

iii) 
2
1 1 1
 2
 2
 2
 .......... ....
8 1 3 5
 x
4.Obtain the Fourier series for the function f ( x )  in 0  x  2 . Hence deduce
2
 1 1 1
That  1
   .......... ........
4 3 5 7
  ,  x  0
5.Obtain the Fourier series of f ( x)  
 x,0  x  
2
Hence deduce that   
1 1

1
 .......... ....
8 2 2 2
1 3 5
6. Obtain the Fourier series expansion for f ( x)  x over ( (  ,  ) .

x
7.Expand f ( x)  e as a Fourier series in (-l,l).
8. Obtain the Fourier series expansion for f ( x)  2 x  x in [0,3]
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9. Find the Fourier series for the function f ( x)  x cos x in (  ,  )

 2x
1   ,  x  0
10. Obtain the Fourier series for the function f ( x)   hence deduce
1  2 x ,0  x  
 
2
that   
1 1

1
 .......... ....
8 2 2 2
1 3 5
x ;0  x 1
11. Expand f ( x)   as a four series. Hence deduce that
 (2  x);1  x  2
2
   
1
8 n1 2
(2n 1)
12. An alternating current after passing through rectifier has the form
 sin ; for0    
I  I 0 where I 0 is the max current. Express I as a Fourier series
0;     2
13. Expand f ( x)  e in (-1,1) as a fourier series.
x

2
(2  x);0  x  4   1
14. find the Fourier series for f ( x)   deduce that  
( x  6);4  x  8 8 n1
(2n 1)
2

15. Find the Fourier series expansion for f ( x)  cos x in (  ,  ) .

16. Find the Fourier series expansion for f ( x)  1  x in -1<x<1.
17. Find the Fourier series expansion for f ( x)  x(2l  x) over (0,2 l ) .
18. Obtain half-range cosine series for the function f ( x)  ( x  1) 2 in 0≤x≤1. hence

1 2
deduce 
n 1 n
2

6
1
  x,0  x  1 / 2
4
19. Expand f ( x)   in a half-range sine series.
 x  3 ,1 / 2  x  1

 4
Expand f(x) in a half-range cosine series.
20. Obtain half-range cosine series for the function f(x)=Sinx in 0<x< 
 l
kx, : 0  x  2
21.Find half-range Fourier cosine series for f ( x)   hence find the
k (l  x),: l  x  l
 2
1 1 1
Sum of the series    .......... ....
2 2 2
1 3 5
Find half-range sine series of f(x).

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  
 x, : 0  x 
 2
22. Express f(x) as Fourier cosine series in [0,  ] if f ( x)  
  x, :   x  

 2
23. Obtain half-range cosine series for the function f(x)= x sinx in 0<x<  .deduce that
1 1 1  2 2 2 2 
i)    .......  or ii) 1     ....... 
1 .3 3 .5 5 .7 4 1.3 3.5 5.7 2
24. Show that the sine half-range series for the function f ( x)  lx  x in 0  x  l is
2

8l 2 
2n  1
sin
x .
1
 0 3  (2n  1) l 3

25.Express y as a Fourier series up to second harmonics, given that

X 0 1 2 3 4 5
Y 4 8 15 7 6 2

26. Express y as a Fourier series up to second harmonics & find amplitude of Ist harmonic

X 0 60  120  180 240  300  360



Y 7.9 7.2 3.6 0.5 0.9 6.8 7.9

27. Express y as a fourier series upto second harmonics, given that

5
   4 7 8 3 10 11
X 0 6  2
6 3 2 6 6 6 2 6 6

Y 1.8 1.10 0.30 0.16 0.50 1.3 2.16 1.25 1.30 1.52 1.72 2.0 1.80

28. The following table gives the variations of a periodic current A over a period T:

t 0 T T T 2T 5T T
6 3 2 3 6
A 1.98 1.30 1.05 1.30 -0.88 -0.25 1.98

Show that there is a constant part of 0.75 amp in the current A & obtain the amplitude
of first harmonic.
29.Obtain the constant term, first and second harmonics for the following data

X 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Y 9.0 18.2 24.4 27.8 27.5 22.0 9.0

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