Fourier Analysis Lecture 1 Sketching and defining functions

Addition of sine waves

4 1 1 1 
f(x)  1   sin(x)  sin(3x)  sin(5x)  sin(7x)  ....
π 3 5 7 

n = 1 to 9

4 1 
f(x)  1    ( sin(nx)) 
π n n 

Define the following functions

1.
f(x)

–3 3 6 9 12 x
f(x) = 4 0≤x≤3
f(x) = 0 3≤x≤6
f (x) = f(x + 6)

2.
f(x)

–2 x

–2 2 4 6 8

f(x) = 3 0≤x≤2
f(x) = −2 2≤x≤4
f (x) = f(x + 4)

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3.
f(x)

–6 –2 2 6 10 x

f(x) = 5 −2 ≤ x ≤ 2
f(x) = 0 2≤x≤6
f (x) = f(x + 8)

4.
f(x)

-4 4 12 20
x
–6

f(x) = 5 −4 ≤ x ≤ 4
f(x) = −6 4 ≤ x ≤ 12
f (x) = f(x + 16)

5.
f(x)

–4 –2 2 4 6 x
f(x) = x 0≤x≤2
f (x) = f(x + 2)

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6.

f(x)

5
4

–4 –2 2 4 6 x

f(x) = 2x 0≤x≤2
f (x) = f(x + 2)

7.
f(x)

−π π 3π

f(x) = x −π ≤ x ≤ π
f (x) = f(x + 2π)
8.
f(x)

π
x

−π π 3π

f(x) = x + π −π ≤ x ≤ 0
f(x) = −x + π 0 ≤ x ≤ π
f (x) = f(x + 2π)

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Sketch the following:

1. f(x) = 1 0≤x≤2
f(x) = 0 2≤x≤4
f (x) = f(x + 4)

2. f(x) = 2 0≤x≤3
f(x) = −2 3≤x≤6
f (x) = f(x + 6)

3. f(x) = 2x −π ≤ x ≤ π
f (x) = f(x + 2π)

x
4. f(x) = 0≤x≤π
2
f (x) = f(x + π)

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