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Fourier series of a periodic sawtooth

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The period-L extension of f(x)=Kx/L on −L/2<x<L/2 has Fourier coefficients a0​=an​=0 and bn​=K(−1)n+1/(πn). Consequently
f(x)∼πK​∑n=1∞​n(−1)n+1​sinL2πnx​.
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The Fourier series converges to the ramp away from its jumps and to zero at every jump, the average of the one-sided limits. For K=0, Termwise differentiation of a Fourier series fails here as an ordinary convergent series: the differentiated summands have nondecaying amplitude 2K/L. The classical derivative equals K/L between jumps, whereas the periodic distributional derivative includes negative point masses of weight K at the jumps.

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