# 6.2 Common fourier series

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Constant, Sinusoid, Square, Triangle, and sawtooth waveforms, in depth and summarized.

## Introduction

Once one has obtained a solid understanding of the fundamentals of Fourier series analysis and the General Derivation of the Fourier Coefficients , it is useful to have an understanding of the common signals used in Fourier Series Signal Approximation.

## Deriving the fourier coefficients

Consider a square wave f(x) of length 1. Over the range [0,1), this can be written as

$x\left(t\right)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}1\hfill & t\le \frac{1}{2};\hfill \\ -1\hfill & t>\frac{1}{2}.\hfill \end{array}\right)$

## Real even signals

Given that the square wave is a real and even signal,
• $f\left(t\right)=f\left(-t\right)$ EVEN
• $f\left(t\right)=f$ * $\left(t\right)$ REAL
• therefore,
• ${c}_{n}={c}_{-n}$ EVEN
• ${c}_{n}={c}_{n}$ * REAL

Consider this mathematical question intuitively: Can a discontinuous function, like the square wave, be expressed as asum, even an infinite one, of continuous signals? One should at least be suspicious, and in fact, it can't be thusexpressed.

The extraneous peaks in the square wave's Fourier series never disappear; they are termed Gibb's phenomenon after the American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs. They occur whenever the signal isdiscontinuous, and will always be present whenever the signal has jumps.

## Deriving the fourier coefficients for other signals

The Square wave is the standard example, but other important signals are also useful to analyze, and these are included here.

## Constant waveform

This signal is relatively self-explanatory: the time-varying portion of the Fourier Coefficient is taken out, and we are left simply with a constant function over all time.

$x\left(t\right)=1$

## Sinusoid waveform

With this signal, only a specific frequency of time-varying Coefficient is chosen (given that the Fourier Series equation includes a sine wave, this is intuitive), and all others are filtered out, and this single time-varying coefficient will exactly match the desired signal.

$x\left(t\right)=sin\left(\pi t\right)$

## Triangle waveform

$x\left(t\right)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}t& t\le 1/4\\ 2-\mathrm{4t}& 1/4\le t\le 3/4\\ -7/4+\mathrm{4t}& 3/4\le t\le 1\end{array}\right)$
This is a more complex form of signal approximation to the square wave. Because of the Symmetry Properties of the Fourier Series, the triangle wave is a real and odd signal, as opposed to the real and even square wave signal. This means that
• $f\left(t\right)=-f\left(-t\right)$ ODD
• $f\left(t\right)=f$ * $\left(t\right)$ REAL
• therefore,
• ${c}_{n}=-{c}_{-n}$
• ${c}_{n}=-{c}_{n}$ * IMAGINARY

## Sawtooth waveform

$x\left(t\right)=t-Floor\left(t\right)$
Because of the Symmetry Properties of the Fourier Series, the sawtooth wave can be defined as a real and odd signal, as opposed to the real and even square wave signal. This has important implications for the Fourier Coefficients.

## Summary

To summarize, a great deal of variety exists among the common Fourier Transforms. A summary table is provided here with the essential information.

 Description Time Domain Signal for $t\in \left[0,1\right)$ Frequency Domain Signal Constant Waveform $x\left(t\right)=1$ ${c}_{k}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}1& k=0\\ 0& k\ne 0\end{array}\right)$ Sinusoid Waveform $x\left(t\right)=sin\left(\pi t\right)$ ${c}_{k}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}1/2& k=±1\\ 0& k\ne ±1\end{array}\right)$ Square Waveform $x\left(t\right)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}1& t\le 1/2\\ -1& t>1/2\end{array}\right)$ ${c}_{k}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}4/\pi k& \mathrm{k}\mathrm{odd}\\ 0& \mathrm{k}\mathrm{even}\end{array}\right)$ Triangle Waveform $x\left(t\right)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}t& t\le 1/2\\ 1-t& t>1/2\end{array}\right)$ ${c}_{k}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}-8Sin\left(k\pi \right)/2\right)/{\left(\pi k\right)}^{2}& \mathrm{k}\mathrm{odd}\\ 0& \mathrm{k}\mathrm{even}\end{array}\right)$ Sawtooth Waveform $x\left(t\right)=t/2$ ${c}_{k}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}0.5& k=0\\ \mathrm{-1}/\pi k& k\ne 0\end{array}\right)$

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