Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - Trigonometric Integrals - 7.2 Exercises - Page 485: 70

Answer

Using trig identities it can be proved that for a Fourier series the coefficient is given by $$a_{m}=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^\pi{f(x)\sin mx}dx $$

Work Step by Step

A finite Fourier series is given by the sum $$f(x)= \sum_{n=1}^{N} a_{n} \sin nx $$ multiply both sides by $ \sin mx $ then $$f(x)\sin mx= \sum_{n=1}^{N} a_{n} \sin nx \sin mx $$ then integrate both sides from $-\pi$ to $ \pi$ $$\int_{-\pi}^\pi{f(x)\sin mx}dx= \int_{-\pi}^\pi{\sum_{n=1}^{N} a_{n} \sin nx \sin mx}dx $$ we can move the integral under the summation $$\int_{-\pi}^\pi{f(x)\sin mx}dx={\sum_{n=1}^{N} a_{n} \int_{-\pi}^\pi \sin nx \sin mx}dx $$ since $$ \int_{-\pi}^\pi \sin nx \sin mxdx = 0$$ for every $m\ne n$ and equals $\pi$ for $m=n$ then the summation kills every term other than m=n hence $$\int_{-\pi}^\pi{f(x)\sin mx}dx=\pi a_{m} $$ then $$a_{m}=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^\pi{f(x)\sin mx}dx $$
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