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 Suppose you are given a function on an interval, $f(x): [0, 1] \to \R$. Such function $f(x)$ can be expressed as a sum of 'sine waves' and cosine waves and constant Suppose you are given a function on an interval, $f(x): [0, 1] \to \R$. Such function $f(x)$ can be expressed as a sum of 'sine waves' and cosine waves and constant
  
-$$ f(x) = a_0 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \cos(\pi x) + b_n \sin(\pi x). $$+$$ f(x) = a_0 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \cos(2n \pi x) + b_n \sin(2n \pi x). $$
  
 Can you figure out a way to determine the coefficients $a_n$ and $b_n$?  Can you figure out a way to determine the coefficients $a_n$ and $b_n$? 
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 $$ f(x) = \begin{cases} 1 & 0 < x < 1/2 \cr $$ f(x) = \begin{cases} 1 & 0 < x < 1/2 \cr
 0 & 1/2 \leq x \leq 1  0 & 1/2 \leq x \leq 1 
-\end{\cases}+\end{cases}
 $$ $$
  
 find $a_0, a_1, b_1$ and plot the truncated Fourier series find $a_0, a_1, b_1$ and plot the truncated Fourier series
-$$ a_0 + a_1 \cos(\pi x) + b_1 \sin(\pi x). $$ +$$ a_0 + a_1 \cos(\pi x) + b_1 \sin(\pi x). $$ 
-How does the resemble your original given function? +How does this resemble your original given function? 
  
    
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