NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Department of Mathematics
MA 1505 Mathematics I
Tutorial 5

1. Show that the Fourier series for

1
f (x) = (x + |x|), < x < ; f (x + 2) = f (x)
2
is given by

X (1)n 1 (1)n+1
+ cos nx + sin nx .
4 n2 n
1

2. Find the Fourier series that represent the following graph:

3 2 X sin(2n 1)x
Ans.
2 2n 1
n=1

3. Sketch the graph of the following periodic function. Determine whether it is an even or odd
function, and find its Fourier series.
(
1 /2 < x < /2
f (x) = , f (x + 2) = f (x).
0 /2 < x < 3/2

1 2X cos(2n 1)x
Ans. + (1)n+1
2 2n 1
n=1

4. Find the Fourier series of a half-wave rectifier

(
0 /w < t < 0
u(t) =
sin wt 0 < t < /w

and u(t + 2
w ) = u(t).
1 1 2 1 1
Ans. + sin wt ( cos 2wt + cos 4wt + )
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5. Find the Fourier series for the function

(
2 x 2 < x < 0
f (x) =
2x 0<x<2

and f (x + 4) = f (x).

4X1 nx
Ans. sin
n 2
n=1

6. Find the sine and cosine Fourier half range expansion for

f (x) = x, 0 < x < .

Also, sketch the corresponding expansions of f .

X
2 sin nx X 2((1)n 1) cos nx
Ans. (1)n+1 ; +
n 2 n2
n=1 n=1

7. Let f (x) be an odd function on the open interval (, ) and assume that f (x) has been
extended to a 2-periodic function for all x. Assume that f (x) has the Fourier sine series
P

representation bn sin nx and that (f (x))2 can be obtained by squaring this series formally
n=1
and term by term integration of this squared series is valid. Prove the following form of
Parsevals Identity:
R
1 2 P

(f (x)) dx = (bn )2 .
n=1
From Example 6.2.12 of the lecture notes, we know that the Fourier sine series for the function
P

2(1)n+1
f (x) = x on (, ) is n sin nx. Use Parsevals Identity to prove that
n=1
P

1 2
n2
= 6 .
n=1