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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics V 4 a ii Solution by
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Under the stated piecewise smooth hypotheses, the Dirichlet convergence theorem for Fourier series gives the average of the two one-sided limits of the corresponding periodic extension. The even extension is continuous at both endpoints, so the Fourier cosine series converges toThe odd extension agrees with on , but its left and right limits are at zero and at the join . Therefore the Fourier sine series converges toIndeed every partial sum of the Fourier sine series is already zero at both endpoints. The endpoint values agree with only when the corresponding boundary values vanish.
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