Paper 4, Section II, D

Methods
Part IB, 2014

Let f(x)f(x) be a complex-valued function defined on the interval [L,L][-L, L] and periodically extended to xRx \in \mathbb{R}.

(i) Express f(x)f(x) as a complex Fourier series with coefficients cn,nZc_{n}, n \in \mathbb{Z}. How are the coefficients cnc_{n} obtained from f(x)f(x) ?

(ii) State Parseval's theorem for complex Fourier series.

(iii) Consider the function f(x)=cos(αx)f(x)=\cos (\alpha x) on the interval [π,π][-\pi, \pi] and periodically extended to xRx \in \mathbb{R} for a complex but non-integer constant α\alpha. Calculate the complex Fourier series of f(x)f(x).

(iv) Prove the formula

n=11n2α2=12α2π2αtan(απ)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^{2}-\alpha^{2}}=\frac{1}{2 \alpha^{2}}-\frac{\pi}{2 \alpha \tan (\alpha \pi)}

(v) Now consider the case where α\alpha is a real, non-integer constant. Use Parseval's theorem to obtain a formula for

n=1(n2α2)2\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{1}{\left(n^{2}-\alpha^{2}\right)^{2}}

What value do you obtain for this series for α=5/2?\alpha=5 / 2 ?