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The even extension of a function $f:[0,L]\to \mathbb{R}$ is $F_e(x)=f(|x|)$ for $-L\le x\le L$. It is an even function. Its $2L$-periodic extension is the function expanded by the half-range Fourier cosine series.

For a positive integer $m$, take $f(x)=\sin (mx)$ on $0<x<\pi$ and form its half-range Fourier cosine series. The product-to-sum identity givesThus $a_n=4m/[\pi (m^2-n^2)]$ for opposite parity and zero for the same parity. The exceptional integral $a_m=(2/\pi ){\int }_0^{\pi }\sin (mx)\cos (mx)dx$ is zero. The constant term is $a_0/2$, not $a_0$. These coefficients represent the even periodic extension, not the original sine wave on negative arguments. Their quadratic decay gives absolute convergence.

For the half-range Fourier cosine series on $(0,1)$, the coefficients areTwo integrations by parts, with $k=n\pi$, giveThusThe even, $2$-periodic extension is continuous and piecewise continuously differentiable, so the Fourier series converges to it, including at $x=1$. Equivalently, the summable coefficient bound gives uniform convergence and permits taking the limit from the interior. Evaluating at $x=1$, where $(-1{)}^n\cos (n\pi )=1$, yieldsThis is the Basel problem.