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Periodic dilation annihilates low Fourier modes (∫T​f(nx)eimxdx=0(0<∣m∣<n))

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If f is integrable and 2π-periodic and n is a positive integer, then ∫02π​f(nx)eimxdx=0 for every integer m with 0<∣m∣<n. Split the integral into n equal intervals and substitute y=nx−2πj to obtain
n1​∫02π​f(y)eimy/ndy∑j=0n−1​e2πimj/n=0.
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The root of unity sum vanishes by the finite geometric series formula. The zero mode is ∫f, so a mean-zero dilated function is orthogonal to all trigonometric polynomials of degree at most n−1.

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