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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Fourier Series Help http://i.imgur.com/5JSvN8P.png (I'll post my working in another post)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So I know the Fourier sine series expansion is define as:\[f(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}b_nsin(nx)\] I worked out b_n like so:\[b_n=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}f(x)sin(nx)dx\]\[b_n=\frac{2}{\pi}\int_{0}^{\pi}sin(nx)dx\]\[b_n=\frac{2}{\pi}\left[ -\frac{1}{n}\cos(nx) \right]_{0}^{\pi}\]\[b_n=\frac{2(1-cos(n\pi))}{n\pi}\]Then I put this back into f(x) to get \[f(x)=\frac{2}{\pi}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(1-cos(n\pi))sin(nx)}{n}\] Which isn't correct. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?

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