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Name: Fourier Series
ID: m12795
Language: English (en)
Summary: A brief introduction to Fourier Series starting from the normal modes of an oscillating string. The concept is then extended to Fourier's integral theorem.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Fourier, Fourier series, harmonics, nodes, normal modes, waves on a string
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: May 20, 2005 2:02 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Sep 21, 2005 1:35 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m12795_1.2.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.2 Sep 21, 2005 1:35 pm GMT-5 by Paul Padley
Changes: 
Changed some of the discussion of Fourier Series for clarity.
Version: 1.1 May 20, 2005 4:10 pm GMT-5 by Paul Padley
Changes: 
New module

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