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On the interval π x π -\pi \leq x \leq \pi , x 2 x^2 can be expressed as an infinite sum of cosines, in the following form:

x 2 = π a b + 4 n = 1 ( 1 ) n cos n x n c \large x^2= \dfrac{\pi^a}{b} +4 \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^n \dfrac{\cos nx}{n^c}

Find a + b + c a+b+c

Clarification : a , b , c a, b, c are constants.


The answer is 7.

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1 solution

One way is to expand x 2 x^2 in a fourier series which is obviously where the problem is given from, Here is another method a bit based on assumption,

Let us consider c = 2 c=2 , then f ( x ) = n = 1 ( 1 ) n cos ( n x ) n 2 f ( x ) = n = 1 ( 1 ) n 1 cos ( n x ) \displaystyle f(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n}\cos(nx)}{n^2}\implies f''(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n-1}\cos(nx)

Consider cos ( n x ) \cos(nx) as the real part of e i n x e^{inx} and then a simple G.P sum whose real part becomes 1 2 \frac{1}{2} .

Now that , f ( x ) = 1 2 \displaystyle f''(x)=\frac{1}{2} with the boundary conditions f ( 0 ) = 0 , f ( 0 ) = ζ ( 2 ) ˉ = π 2 12 f'(0)=0,f(0)=-\bar{\zeta(2)}=-\frac{\pi^2}{12} we have by double integrating f ( x ) = x 2 4 π 2 12 x 2 = π 2 3 + 4 n = 1 ( 1 ) n cos ( n x ) n 2 \displaystyle f(x)=\frac{x^2}{4}-\frac{\pi^2}{12} \implies x^2=\frac{\pi^2}{3}+4\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n\cos(nx)}{n^2} as desired.

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