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Questions tagged [fourier-series]

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Graphical fourier series of a square wave

This is probably off-topic since it isn't really a question, but I thought that this GIF of the fourier series of a square wave was too cool not to share.
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Fourier series - time shift and scaling

What will be the new Fourier series coefficients when we shift and scale a periodic signal? Scaling alone will only affect fundamental frequency. But how to calculate new coefficients of shifted and scaled version. I tried searching, but couldn't…
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Fourier coefficients of two discrete-time signals of different periods

I'm trying to understand the Fourier series coefficients of the sum of two discrete-time periodic signals. Consider two discrete-time periodic signals $x[n]$ and $y[n]$. $x[n]$ has period $N$, its Fourier series coefficients $a_k$. $y[n]$ has period…
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What happens to sidebands when they enter "negative" frequencies?

I am working with PWM signals. These signals are generated by comparing a modulating (at frequency $f_m$), and a carrier (at frequency $f_c$), as shown in the following image: In the resulting spectrum, there are baseband harmonics (at frequencies…
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Periodicity of Fourier series's coefficients

Why exactly continious Fourier-series's coefficients aren't periodic like coefficients of discrete Fourier series (DFS)? $e^{-j2\pi}$ is periodic in both sequences.
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Trignometric Fourier series representation of a continous time signal

While learning Fourier series I read the definitions of representation for a continuous time signal $x(t)$ as: $$x(t)=A_0 + 2 \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} A_k \cos(k \omega_0 t) - B_k \sin(k \omega_0 t) \tag{1}$$ where $A_k$ and $B_k$ are real. Another…
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Number of zeros of a sum of Shah functions by applying Rice's formula?

There is a Dirac pulse train following the scheme of the Shah function (or $\delta$-cumb function) with its Fourier series of the form: $$\varsigma(t,T)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\delta (t-nT)=\frac{1}{T}\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\exp\left(\frac{i…
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Discrete Fourier series of an odd signal

Assuming the signal shown below : I have found an expression for fourier series coeffecients as the following: $$a_{k} = \frac{1}{5}+\frac{j}{5}\sin{\frac{2\pi}{5}k}$$ Which matches with what the books suggests as an answer. My confusion is this :…
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Sum of equidistant exponents

Consider the next sum \begin{equation} \sum_{k = 0}^{N - 1}e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{N}k} \end{equation} Its geometric meaning is the sum of uniformly distributed vectors on the unit circle. Thus, we can say that the sum is zero. If we try to be more…
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Mistake or not - Fourier Series of x(2t+3)

I have a couple of resources I have from my university I had being checking and I found this: Find Fourier Series coefficients of x(2t+3). x(t) is continuous and periodic by T. I see this solution: But the 3/2 is seemingly wrong. Am I right? It…
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How to calculate fourier coefficients of sum of two discrete time with different fundamental periods

Assume that we have two discrete-time signals named x[n] with fundamental period 3 and fourier coefficients ak (k from 1 to 3), and y[n] with fundamental period 5 and fourier coefficients bk (k from 1 to 5). Now we want to calculate fourier…
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Fourier series expansion of $ x_1(t) = \sum _{-\infty}^{\infty} \Delta (t-2n) $

I want to evaluate the Fourier series expansion of $ x_1(t) = \sum _{-\infty}^{\infty} \Delta (t-2n) $, where $ \Delta (t) $ is a triangular function defined as: I have done the following calculations so far. However, two of these six terms need…
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Synthesis discrete time signal from fourier coefficients

Following information is given about a signal $x[n]$ $x[n]$ is real and even signal $x[n]$ has a period $N=10$ and Fourier coefficients $a_k$ $a_{11}=5$ $\frac1 {10}\sum_{n=0}^9 |x[n]|^2=50$ How can we obtain $x[n]$ from these information? I know…
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Ambiguity in the term 'dimension'?

We used to classify signals as 1D and 2D etc ie one dimensional and two dimensional. For example a periodic square wave signal is 1D and an image is a 2D signal etc (reference - Signals and systems by Simon Haykin and Barry Van Veen, 2nd edition ,…
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Finding the Fourier Coefficients

Up until now, I have dealt with finding Fourier Coefficients for functions: $f(t) > 0$ Which made it convenient calculating the Fourier Analysis Integral. However, I am now presented with functions: $f(t) < 0$ My question is, would I need 3…
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