 Periodic Wirtinger inequality (source code)

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= Periodic Wirtinger inequality

If a continuously differentiable $L$-periodic function $f$ has mean zero, then
$$
\int_0^L f(s)^2\,ds
\leq\frac{L^2}{4\pi^2}\int_0^L f'(s)^2\,ds.
$$
Equality holds exactly for $f(s)=A\cos(2\pi s/L)+B\sin(2\pi s/L)$.

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