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Translation of a Fourier series

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For a period-L Fourier series written as a0​/2+∑n≥1​(an​coskn​x+bn​sinkn​x), where kn​=2πn/L, translating the function by ℓ to g(x)=f(x−ℓ) rotates each pair of Fourier coefficients:
an(g)​=an​cos(kn​ℓ)−bn​sin(kn​ℓ),bn(g)​=an​sin(kn​ℓ)+bn​cos(kn​ℓ).
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The constant coefficient is unchanged. These formulas follow by the sine and cosine subtraction identities. In the complex Fourier series, the same statement is g​n​=e−ikn​ℓf​n​. An integer-period translation changes no Fourier coefficient.

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