Fourier Series

Oppenheim & Willsky, Ch. 3 — Fourier Series Representation of Periodic Signals

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Fourier Series
x(t) = a0 + Σ ancos(nω0t) + bnsin(nω0t)

Gibbs Phenomenon: ~9% overshoot at discontinuities persists no matter how many terms. It never goes away — only gets narrower.