For , values of a function on a half-open interval determine its periodic extension to the real line: choose the unique integer with and set . The resulting periodic function has period . If the endpoint limits of differ, the extension has a jump discontinuity at every period boundary. Under the usual piecewise-smooth convergence hypotheses, its Fourier series takes the average of the two one-sided limits there; an assigned value at an isolated endpoint does not change the Fourier coefficients.
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