Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / Paper 1 / 17 / e / Solution

Evaluate the Fourier sine series of part (d) at the interior point $x=1/2$. Only odd indices remain, with alternating signs:Thus $\boxed{A=4}$.

For the second identity, apply Parseval's identity to $h(x)=x^2$. From part (c), $a_0=2/3$, $a_n=4(-1{)}^n/(n^2{\pi }^2)$ and $b_n=0$, soThe left side is $2/5$, giving $\frac{16}{{\pi }^4}\sum n^{-4}=2/5-2/9=8/45$. ConsequentlyThe first series is conditionally convergent, while the second converges absolutely by the P-series criterion.