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8-002-TrigSumRepresentation-TechniqueNarrative

Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

Keywords: estimation Trigonometry Trigonometric Functions sum of square errors finite sum Fourier series Fouriere sum spectrum approximatiopn

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Resource Image Students discover how to represent functions as sums of trigonometric functions and the value of such representations in many fields. This is an introduction to the study of Fourier Series.

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Qualitative Analysis
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We are going to do something that might seem foolish, but in a moment we will ask you to consider the possibilities for such a goal.

GOAL: Represent the function f(x) = x on the interval [-pi, pi] as a sum of trigonometric functions of the form sin(n x), n = 1,2,3, . . .  .

We decided to shout it out so it is absolutely clear.

Why would anyone want to express a simple function like f(x) = x as a sum of sine waves?

In so doing, we can learn about representing other functions f(x) (or data!) as a sum of trigonometric functions -- an activity we show is worthy of our attention and study.

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Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

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