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:<math>f(\xi+P)=f(\xi) \ , </math> | :<math>f(\xi+P)=f(\xi) \ , </math> | ||
is equivalent to an [[infinite series]] | is equivalent (in some sense) to an [[infinite series]] | ||
:<math>f(\xi) =\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty c_n e^{2\pi in\xi/P}</math> | :<math>f(\xi) =\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty c_n e^{2\pi in\xi/P}</math> | ||
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:<math> c_n = \frac{1}{P} \int_0^P f(\xi) \exp\left(\frac{-2\pi inx}{P}\right)\,d\xi \ . </math> | :<math> c_n = \frac{1}{P} \int_0^P f(\xi) \exp\left(\frac{-2\pi inx}{P}\right)\,d\xi \ . </math> | ||
In what sense it may be said that this series converges to ''f''( | In what sense it may be said that this series converges to ''f''(ξ) is a complex question.<ref name=Hardy/><ref name=Jahnke/> However, physicists being less delicate than mathematicians in these matters, simply write | ||
:<math>f(\xi) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty c_n e^{2\pi in\xi/P} \ ,</math> | :<math>f(\xi) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty c_n e^{2\pi in\xi/P} \ ,</math> | ||
and usually do not worry too much about the conditions to be imposed on the arbitrary function ''f''(ξ) of period ''P'' in order that this expansion converge to the function. | and usually do not worry too much about the conditions to be imposed on the arbitrary function ''f''(ξ) of period ''P'' in order that this expansion converge to the function. | ||
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In mathematics, the Fourier series, named after Joseph Fourier (1768—1830), of a complex-valued periodic function f of a real variable ξ, of period P:
is equivalent (in some sense) to an infinite series
defined by
In what sense it may be said that this series converges to f(ξ) is a complex question.[1][2] However, physicists being less delicate than mathematicians in these matters, simply write
and usually do not worry too much about the conditions to be imposed on the arbitrary function f(ξ) of period P in order that this expansion converge to the function.
References
- ↑ G. H. Hardy, Werner Rogosinski (1999). “Chapter IV: Convergence of Fourier series”, Fourier Series, Reprint of Cambridge University Press 1956 ed. Courier Dover Publications, pp. 37 ff. ISBN 0486406814.
- ↑ For an historical account, see Hans Niels Jahnke (2003). “§6.5 Convergence of Fourier series”, A History of Analysis. American Mathematical Society, pp. 178 ff. ISBN 0821826239.