Harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces Basic notions Example
Square wave
Builds on Dirichlet conditionsJump discontinuity
Example
The square wave is the -periodic function with for , for , and . It is odd, so its cosine coefficients vanish, and for which is for odd and for even . So its Fourier series is The function is of bounded variation, so by the Dirichlet conditions the series converges at every to . This is at every , including the points of jump discontinuity , where both sides are .
Remarks
At the series gives , which is the Leibniz formula for . The coefficients decay only like , because of the jumps, so the series does not converge absolutely. The convergence is uniform on every closed interval that avoids , but not on , since the limit is discontinuous. Near each jump the partial sums overshoot: their maximum just to the right of tends to , the Gibbs phenomenon.
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- Bounded variation concept
- Dirichlet kernel concept
- Fourier series concept
- Jump discontinuity concept
- Periodic function concept
- Dirichlet conditions statement
- Square wave example
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| Tag | TB2TR373RC |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://TB2TR373RC |
| Kind | example |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 42A16, 42A20 |
| Illustrates | Fourier series, Gibbs phenomenon |
| Uses | Dirichlet conditions, Jump discontinuity |
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