Fourier coefficients on an interval #
Mathlib's fourierCoeffOn hab f n is the n-th Fourier coefficient of f on [a, b], that is,
of the (b - a)-periodic function agreeing with f on (a, b]. This file records that the
integrand of such a coefficient stays interval-integrable
(IntervalIntegrable.fourier_smul), the additivity of fourierCoeffOn
on interval-integrable functions (TauCeti.fourierCoeffOn_add, TauCeti.fourierCoeffOn_sub),
the interval counterparts of Mathlib's fourierCoeff.add, bounds the coefficients by a sup bound
on (a, b] (TauCeti.norm_fourierCoeffOn_le), and computes the coefficients of the
Fourier monomials themselves (TauCeti.fourierCoeffOn_fourier), the interval counterpart of
Mathlib's fourierCoeff_fourier, in particular for a circle c + w e^{2πimt/(b-a)}
(TauCeti.fourierCoeffOn_const_add_mul_fourier). Conversely, a function continuous on [a, b] is
determined there by its Fourier coefficients (TauCeti.eqOn_Icc_of_fourierCoeffOn_eq); the
endpoint a, which the coefficients do not see, is recovered by continuity. In particular, it is
a circle c + w e^{2πist/(b-a)} on [a, b] exactly when its coefficients vanish outside the
frequencies 0 and s (TauCeti.exists_eqOn_const_add_mul_fourier_iff).
For a function on AddCircle T, the Fourier coefficients are those of its lift on any period
interval (TauCeti.fourierCoeff_eq_fourierCoeffOn). On such an interval, each derivative of a
C^k periodic function multiplies its coefficients by 2πin / T
(TauCeti.fourierCoeffOn_iteratedDeriv), since periodicity kills the boundary term of the
integration by parts. The same holds for a function on the circle with values in any complete
normed complex space and a continuous derivative (TauCeti.fourierCoeff_of_hasDerivAt).
Multiplying an interval-integrable function by a Fourier monomial t ↦ fourier n t of any
period T keeps it interval-integrable; with T = b - a and frequency -n this is the integrand
of fourierCoeffOn_eq_integral.
Fourier coefficients on an interval are additive on interval-integrable functions.
Fourier coefficients on an interval are subtractive on interval-integrable functions.
A pointwise bound on a function over the interval (a, b] bounds its Fourier coefficients
on [a, b].
On [a, b], the m-th Fourier monomial of period b - a has Fourier coefficient one at
frequency m and zero at every other frequency.
The Fourier coefficients on [a, b] of the circle c + w e^{2πimt/(b-a)} are c at
frequency 0 and w at frequency m, added together when m = 0.
Uniqueness of Fourier coefficients on an interval. Two complex functions continuous on
[a, b] with the same Fourier coefficients on [a, b] agree on [a, b].
A complex function continuous on [a, b] agrees there with the circle
c + w e^{2πist/(b-a)} for some c and w exactly when its Fourier coefficients on [a, b]
vanish outside the frequencies 0 and s; c and w are then its coefficients at 0 and
s when s ≠ 0.
A square-integrable function on (a, b] is the restriction of an L² class on the circle of
length b - a with the same Fourier coefficients.
Each derivative of a C^k function of period T multiplies its Fourier coefficients on a
period interval by 2πin / T. At frequency 0 this says that the derivatives have mean zero.
Differentiating a function on AddCircle T multiplies its Fourier coefficients by
2πin / T, for functions with values in any complete normed complex space: if the lift of f to
ℝ has the continuous derivative g, then ĝ(n) = 2πin / T • f̂(n).