Fun With Fourier Series

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Authors: Robert Baillie 

Publication date: 1 June 2008

Abstract: By using computers to do experimental manipulations on Fourier series, we construct additional series with interesting properties. We construct several series whose sums remain unchanged when the $n^{th}$ term is multiplied by $sin(n)/n$. One example is this classic series for $pi/4$: [ frac{pi}{4} = 1 - frac{1}{3} + frac{1}{5} - frac{1}{7} + dots = 1 cdot frac{sin(1)}{1} - frac{1}{3} cdot frac{sin(3)}{3} + frac{1}{5} cdot frac{sin(5)}{5} - frac{1}{7} cdot frac{sin(7)}{7} + dots . ] Another example is [ sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{sin(n)}{n} = sum_{n=1}^{infty} left(frac{sin(n)}{n} ight)^2 = frac{pi-1}{2}. ] This paper also discusses an included Mathematica package that makes it easy to calculate and graph the Fourier series of many types of functions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces (42-01) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to sequences, series, summability (40-01)

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