Fourier Series

  

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Fourier Series

Definition: Fourier Series

Fourier Series

Noun

1. The sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions.

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Specialty Definitions: Fourier Series

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

The representation of a function f(x) in an interval (-L, L) by a series consisting of sines and cosines with a common period 2L, in the form, where the Fourier coefficients are defined as and When f(x) is an even function, only the cosine terms appear; when f(x) is odd, only the sine terms appear. The conditions on f(x) guaranteeing convergence of the series are quite general, and the series may serve as a root-mean-square approximation even when it does not converge. If the function is defined on an infinite interval and is not periodic, it is represented by the Fourier integral. By either representation, the function is decomposed into periodic components whose frequencies constitute the spectrum of the function. The Fourier series employs a discrete spectrum of wavelengths 2 L / n(n = 1,2,..); the Fourier integral requires a continuous spectrum.See Fourier transform. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Series of terms representing the function, consisting of its mean value and sinusoidal terms having frequencies that are integral multiples of the frequency of the function, the multiple constituting the order of the term. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Fourier series

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics, a Fourier series, named in honor of Joseph Fourier, is a representation of a periodic function as a sum of periodic functions of the form

which are harmonics of a fundamental. Suppose f(x) is a complex-valued function of a real number, is periodic with period 2π, and is square integrable over the interval from 0 to 2π. Let

Then the Fourier series representation of f(x) is given by

Since
this is equivalent to representing f(x) as a infinite linear combination of functions of the form , i.e.

Does this series actually converge to f(x)?

A partial answer is that if f is square-integrable then

That much was proved in the 19th century, as was the fact that if f is piecewise continuous then the series converges at each point of continuity. Perhaps surprisingly, it was not shown until the 1960s that if f is quadratically integrable then the series converges for every value of x except those in some set of measure zero.

See also: Fourier transform, harmonic analysis, Gibbs phenomenon.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fourier series."

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Synonyms: Fourier Series

Synonyms by domain: fourier (electrical engineering, meteorology & standardselectrical engineering, mathematics).

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Crosswords: Fourier Series

Specialty definitions using "Fourier series": Fourier coefficients, Fourier integralharmonic component. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Fourier Series

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fourier Series (reference)

  • Fourier Series and Orthogonal Functions (reference)

  • Geometric Applications of Fourier Series and Spherical Harmonics (reference)

  • Fourier Series in Orthogonal Polynomials (reference)

  • Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations With Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems (3rd Edition) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fourier Series

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Anagrams: Fourier Series

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Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-i-i-o-r-r-r-s-s-u"

-3 letters: furrieries.

-4 letters: foreseers.

-5 letters: ferreous, foreseer, foresees, friseurs, furriers, orreries, ossifier, refusers, reifiers, reissuer, roseries, surefire.

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Alternative Orthography: Fourier Series


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 6F 75 72 69 65 72      53 65 72 69 65 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101111 01110101 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 006F 0075 0072 0069 0065 0072      0053 0065 0072 0069 0065 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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