Fourier series of a noninteger-frequency cosine

ID: fourier-series-of-a-noninteger-frequency-cosine

Extend from with period . It is an even function, so all sine Fourier coefficients vanish. The product-to-sum identity gives
Indeed, integrate on and use . Thus
The coefficients are , so the series converges absolutely and uniformly. The Dirichlet-Jordan convergence theorem identifies it with the periodic function everywhere, including the endpoints because the two endpoint values agree. Substituting a noninteger rational frequency and a convenient yields explicit series sums. Integer frequencies require taking removable limits rather than substituting into a zero denominator.

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