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MA1001 Differential Equations

 π 1

 − − x, if − π < x < 0
 2
 2
1
Find the Fourier series of the periodic function f (x) = .
π 1


− x, 0≤x<π

 if
2 2
Also sketch the graph of f (x) in the interval −2π < x < 2π.

2
Find the Fourier series for the periodic function on the interval [−π, π]

 −1,

 if − π < x ≤ −π/2






f (x) = 0, if − π/2 ≤ x ≤ π/2







π/2 ≤ x ≤ π

 1, if

3
A sinusoidal voltage E sin ωt, where t is time, is passed through a half-wave rectifier that clips the negative
portion of the wave. Find the Fourier series of the resulting periodic function with period p = 2ℓ = 2π/ω

 0,

 −ℓ < t < 0,
u(t) =


E sin ωt, 0 < t < ℓ.


4
Find the Fourier series expansion of f (x) = x2 , −2 ≤ x ≤ 2. Also show that
1 1 1 π2
(i) 2
+ 2 + 2 + ··· = .
1 2 3 6
1 1 1 1 π2
(ii) 2
− 2 + 2 − 2 + ··· = .
1 2 3 4 12

 x2 , if 0 ≤ x ≤ 2
5
Find the Fourier cosine series of the function f (x) =
 4, if 2 ≤ x ≤ 4.
6
Find the Fourier series expansion of the following periodic function of period p = 2ℓ = 4.

 2 + x, if − 2 ≤ x ≤ 0
f (x) =
 2 − x, if 0 ≤ x ≤ 2.

7
Find the Fourier series of the given function f (x) with period 2π

2
 x ,

 −π/2 < t < π/2
f (x) =


 2
π /4, π/2 < t < 3π/2.

−π, −π < x < 0

8
Find the Fourier series expansion of the following periodic function f (x) = .
x, 0≤x<π

1 1 1
Also find the sum of the following series + 2 + 2 + ...
12 3 5
9
Expand the periodic function f (x) = x2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ l in a series of sine functions only. Also find the sum
of the series at x = 0.

1
10
Find the Fourier series of a periodic function f (x) = | sin(x)| in [π, π].

11
Show that the Fourier series of the 2π periodic function f (x) = x + x2 , − π ≤ x ≤ π converges to π 2 at
x = π.

−x,

−4 < x < 0
12
Show that Fourier series expansion of the periodic function f (x) = does not contain
x, 0≤x<4

the sine terms.