Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / Paper 2 / 18 / a / Solution

For period two, the Fourier series convention isSince $f$ is an even function, every $b_n$ is zero. Also $a_0={\int }_{-1}^1\cosh xdx=2\sinh 1$. For $n\ge 1$, an antiderivative useful for the cosine coefficient isEvaluation at $\pm 1$ gives $a_n=2(-1{)}^n\sinh 1/(1+n^2{\pi }^2)$. ThusThe periodic extension is continuous at $x=1$, so its Fourier series converges to $\cosh 1$ there. Since $\cos (n\pi )=(-1{)}^n$,Therefore $\boxed{p=2,q=\pi }$, with $q=-\pi$ giving the same expression because only $q^2$ occurs. This is the $\beta =1$ case of Fourier series of periodic hyperbolic sine and cosine.