I am trying to find the Fourier sine series of the following function:
$ f\left(x\right)= \begin{cases} 1&x
Let $L=1$. Then, this is what $\left(1\right)$ looks like:
I know that to find the Fourier sine series of $\left(1\right)$, I first need to find its odd extension $f_o$:
$ f_o\left(x\right)= \begin{cases} 1&0
Again, letting $L=1$, this is what $\left(2\right)$ looks like:
Finally, the Fourier sines series of a piecewise smooth, odd function $f\left(x\right)$ is given by
$ f\left(x\right)\sim\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}B_n\sin\frac{n\pi x}{L}, $
where
$ B_n=\frac{2}{L}\int_{0}^{L}f\left(x\right)\sin\frac{n\pi x}{L}.\tag{3} $
Now, I am having a really hard time trying to find $\left(3\right)$ because, for the case where $0
$ \frac{2}{n\pi}\left(1-\cos\left(n\pi\right)\right), $
and for the case where $-L/2
$ \frac{2}{n\pi}\left(\cos\left(n\pi\right)-1\right). $
So, it is piecewise defined, but my book only gives one solution, that is,
$ \frac{2}{n\pi}\left(1-\cos\frac{n\pi}{2}\right). $
What am I missing!?