School of Mathematics

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Tutorial Sheet 06: Fourier Series

1. In the following problems, find the Fourier series of the given function on the given interval.
 ;   x  0  x 2 ;    x  0
(a) f ( x)   (c) f ( x )   2
  x ; 0  x    x ; 0  x  
0 ;1  x  0
(b) f ( x )  1 | x |,    x   (d) f ( x)   .
 2 x ; 0  x  1
0 ;    x  0
2. Find the Fourier series expansion of the periodic function f ( x)   2 with period 2 .
 x ;0  x  
2 1 1 2 1 1 1
Hence show that  1
2
 2
  and  1 2  2  2 .
6 2 3 12 2 3 4
3. Obtain the Fourier series expansion of the following periodic function with period 4, f ( x )  4  x 2 ,
21 1 1
 2  x  2 . Hence show that 2
 2  2 .
 1
12 2 3 4
4. A periodic function of period 2 is defined as f ( x)  1  x,  1  x  1 . Obtain the Fourier series
 1 1 1
expansion of f (x ) and hence show that  1      .
4 3 5 7
 2 
(1) cos nx
n
1 2
5. Show that x 2   4 ;    x   . Also deduce that  n 2  6 and
3 n 1 n2
1 2
 (2n  1) 2 8 .


0 ;   x  0

6. Consider the function f defined for x on the interval    x   as f ( x)   x  1 ; 0  x   / 2
2 x ;  / 2  x  

and for all other x by the periodicity condition f ( x  2 )  f ( x) . In particular, determine the value to
which the series converges at each of the points x  0, x   / 2 and x   .
7. Consider a sinusoidal voltage E sin  t , where t is time passed through a half-wave rectifier that dips
the negative portion of the wave. Find the Fourier series of the resulting periodic function
0 ; Lt 0
f (t )   .
 E sin  t ; 0  t  L
4c  sin 3 x sin 5 x 
8. Show that constant c can be expanded in the form of infinite series sin x    
  3 5 
in the range 0  x   .
9. Find the half-range Fourier sine series of f ( x )  x (  x); 0  x   . Hence deduce that
1 1 1 3
     .
13 33 5 3 32
sin x ; 0  x   / 4
10. If f ( x)   ; Expand f (x ) in a series of sines.
cos x ;  / 4  x   / 2
1 n(1) n
11. Prove that in the interval    x   ; x cos x  sin x  2 2 sin nx .
2 n2 n  1
 ANSWERS

3 1  (1) n (1) n  2   2 1  (1) n

1. (a)   cos nx  sin nx  (b)   cos nx
4  n
2
n  2  n2
 2
2 2 n  1 1  (1) n (1) n 
(c)   cos n  3 [1  (1) ] sin nx
  n
(d)  2  2 2 cos nx 
n
sin nx 
n  2  n 
2 2  2  
2.    2 (1) n cos nx   (1) n 1  3 [1  (1) n ] sin nx .
6 n n n  
Set x  0 , (point of continuity). Set x   , (point of discontinuity).
8 16  (1) n  nx 
3.  2   2 cos  . Set x  0
3   n  2 
2 1 
4. 1 

  n cos n sin nx  . Set x  1/ 2

E E  2E
7.  sin  t   cos n t
 2 n is even ( n  1)
2


4
9.  n
n 1
3
[1  (1) n ] sin nx

4 2  sin 2 x sin 6 x sin10 x 

10.     
  1.3 5.7 9.11 