Example of Computation of Fourier series of a CT SIGNAL

A practice problem on "Signals and Systems"


Let the input signal be

$ x(t)=sint +2cos2t $

= $ \frac{e^{jt}-e^{-jt}}{2i} $+$ 2*\frac{e^{2jt}+{e^{-2jt}}}{2} $

= $ \frac{-j{e^{jt}}}{2}+\frac{j{e^{-jt}}}{2}+{e^{2jt}}+{e^{-2jt}} $

The coefficients are as follows:

$ a_1 = \frac{-j}{2} $

$ a_-1 = \frac{j}{2} $

$ a_2 = 1 $

$ a_-2 = 1 $

$ a_k = 0 $


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