Fourier sine series expansion

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The function $f(x)$ is defined as $$f(x)=1\qquad0<x<\pi$$

Sketch the odd extension and show that the Fourier sine series expansion is

$$f(x)~\frac4\pi\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\sin((2n-1)x)}{2n-1}$$

In this question, $f(x)=1$, $a_0$ is obviously $2$ and $a_m$ and $b_m$ are zero when plugged into Fourier series equation. Could you please explain why the Fourier series can be expanded in such this form?

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I don't know how you got $a_0 = 2$ and $A_n, B_n = 0$ so I'll post the solution.

You have

$$\begin{align} f(x) &= 1 \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin\bigg(\frac{n\pi x}{L}\bigg) \ \ \text{(because we're doing the odd extension)} \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx) \ \ \text{(with $L = \pi$)} \\ \end{align}$$

Integrating over our domain and using orthogonality, we find

$$\begin{align} \int_{0}^{\pi} f(x)\sin(mx)dx &= \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(mx)dx \ \ (1)\\ &= \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} B_n \int_{o}^{\pi} \sin(nx)\sin(mx) dx \\ &= \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} \frac{B_n}{2} \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} \sin(nx)\sin(mx) dx \ \ \text{(as an odd function $\times$ odd function is an even function)} \\ &= \frac{B_m \pi}{2},\ \ n = m \ \ (2) \end{align} $$

Equating $(1)$ and $(2)$, we find

$$\begin{align} \frac{B_m \pi}{2} &= \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(mx)dx \\ \implies B_m &= \frac{2}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(mx)dx \\ &= \frac{2}{\pi} \bigg[\frac{-\cos(mx)}{m} \bigg]_{0}^{\pi} \\ &= \frac{-2}{m \pi}\bigg[(-1)^{m} - 1 \bigg] \\ &= \begin{cases} 0 & m = \text{even} \\ \frac{4}{m \pi} & m = \text{odd} \\ \end{cases} \end{align}$$

Hence we should set $m = 2j - 1$ for $j \ge 1$ to keep only those cases that are non-zero.

Hence, our solution is given by

$$\begin{align} f(x) &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx) \\ &= \sum_{m=1}^{\infty} B_m \sin(mx) \ \ \text{(using $(2)$)} \\ &= \sum_{m=1}^{\infty} \frac{4}{m \pi} \sin(mx) \\ &= \frac{4}{\pi} \sum_{m=1}^{\infty} \frac{\sin(mx)}{m} \\ &= \frac{4}{\pi} \sum_{j=1}^{\infty} \frac{\sin((2j - 1)x)}{2j - 1} \\ \end{align}$$

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$$\begin{align} f(x) &= 1 \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx) \\ \end{align}$$

Multiply both sides by $\sin(mx)$ for orthogonality

$$\begin{align} \implies f(x)\sin(mx) &= \sin(mx) \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx) \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx)\sin(mx) \\ \end{align}$$

where we can take the $\sin(mx)$ term inside the series because we aren't summing over $m$ so it can be thought of almost like a constant.

Integrate both sides over $[0, \pi]$

$$\begin{align} \implies \int_{0}^{\pi} f(x)\sin(mx) dx &= \int_{0}^{\pi} \bigg( \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx)\sin(mx) \bigg) dx \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(nx)\sin(mx) dx \\ \end{align}$$

Replace $f(x)$ with $1$

$$\begin{align} \implies \int_{0}^{\pi} f(x)\sin(mx) dx &= \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(mx) dx \\ &= \int_{0}^{\pi} \bigg( \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \sin(nx)\sin(mx) \bigg) dx \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} B_n \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin(nx)\sin(mx) dx \\ \end{align}$$