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For a periodic function ![]() The Fourier Coefficients ![]() where
Also Note that the above integration interval from -
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Important: For non-periodic functions, one can argue that they are periodic with
an infinite period, that is, |
| Complex Form of Fourier Series |
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If one uses the complex forms
of ![]() where: ![]() |
| Fourier Series of Selected Functions | |||||||||||||||||||
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with
fundamental period
, the corresponding Fourier Series representation is given by:

and
can be determined from the following integrals:

can be interpreted as
the average value of
.
to
at point
where both the left-hand and right-hand first derivatives of
. The Fourier Series then
becomes the
and
, the
Fourier Series of function 
