The method of images for the Neumann boundary conditions extends evenly through zero and then with period . Define the triangular wave
The formulas agree at their endpoints. It is even, -periodic, and agrees with on . Its Fourier cosine series has the coefficients in part (a). The cosine product identity then gives the D'Alembert formula
It is the average of two oppositely traveling reflected waves. For , the sketch rises from zero at even multiples of to at odd multiples; for it is reflected vertically, and for it is zero.
Figure 1.
Even periodic extension of the initial displacement for the Neumann wave equation
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