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Fourier Series finding An term

Hi,

Here is my working for finding A_n given knowledge that the sum is equal to a constant, l is a constant so the sinh(nl) part is just constant, my answer is mostly correct except it is 2 rather than 4 but I’ve gone over it so much and can’t find where the 4 comes from? Maybe where I am integrating but I’ve triple checked

It might seem stupid to ask about a mistake but small mistakes like this might be me actually misunderstandings part of the process

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Reply 1

Do you have the original question?

Reply 2

Original post by mqb2766
Do you have the original question?


This is the original question, but I am just worried about the last boundary condition phi(x,l)= phi_0

Reply 3

Original post by mqb2766
Do you have the original question?


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Sorry I meant to send this

Reply 4

Original post by mqb2766
Do you have the original question?


Actually never mind, I believe the problem is that x > 0 in the question but I am integrating over [pi, -pi]

Reply 5

Original post by grhas98
This is the original question, but I am just worried about the last boundary condition phi(x,l)= phi_0


Original post by grhas98
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Original post by grhas98
Actually never mind, I believe the problem is that x > 0 in the question but I am integrating over [pi, -pi]


Sounds reasonable, but not checked.

Reply 6

Original post by grhas98
Actually never mind, I believe the problem is that x > 0 in the question but I am integrating over [pi, -pi]

Also the lhs looked like it was 0 not 2 when its was -pi .. pi.

Reply 7

Original post by mqb2766
Sounds reasonable, but not checked.


Oh yeah, ty