Why is the limit of the overshoot due to Gibb's Phenomenon not 0 if a fourier series with infinite terms has no overshoot?

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I am not very well versed with how limits work at a deeper level, but is there an intuitive reason why:

  • The limit of the overshoot of a fourier approximation as $m\to \infty$ is approximately $0.0895.$ I've seen this for partial sums of the fourier approximation for a function with a jump discontinuity.
  • But I've also heard as $m\to\infty$ the fourier series you get should be an exact replica of the function it is imitating (that is, with no overshoot)?

Then how come the error/overshoot does not seem to vanish due to the first dot point, but does seem to vanish due to the second dot point? (Do the limits not seem contradictory?)

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The point at which the over shoot is measured is not fixed. So if you fix an $x$ value your limit will be your original function (which is your bullet point #2), but if you look at the max value over a fixed small interval around your jump, that limit yields an overshoot.

This Desmos graph of $f_n(x) = n(1-x)x^n$ exhibits a similar phenomenon in a much simpler way. Play around with the slider for the value of $n$, making it large. You can see that for a fixed $x$ value the limit as $n \rightarrow \infty$ is always $0$, but the $\max$ over $[0,1]$ approaches some finite non-zero value. (I'd bet it's actually $e^{-1}$, though I haven't verified it.)