How to plot correctly a Fourier series?

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Szalka Gergo
Szalka Gergo on 11 May 2021
Edited: Aghamarsh Varanasi on 26 May 2021
Hi,
I would like to solve this problem related with Fourier series:
I have successfully determined a0, an, and bn. Now I would like to compute first 5,10,15 terms with MATLAB.
My (semi-finished) code:
clear;
max = 5; % first 5 terms
syms t
y = piecewise(-3<t<0,-6,0<t<3,-2);
I = [-3,3];
fplot(y, I) % plot original func.
hold on;
syms x n;
fun1 = -6;
fun2 = -2;
fun3 = fun1 * cos((n * pi) / 3 * x);
fun4 = fun2 * cos((n * pi) / 3 * x);
fun5 = fun1 * sin((n * pi) / 3 * x);
fun6 = fun2 * sin((n * pi) / 3 * x);
a0 = (1/3) * int(fun1,x,[-3 0]) + (1/3) * int(fun2,x,[0 3]);
an = (1/3) * int(fun3,x,[-3 0]) + (1/3) * int(fun4,x,[0 3]);
bn = (1/3) * int(fun5,x,[-3 0]) + (1/3) * int(fun6,x,[0 3]);
c = 0;
AN = [];
for i = 1:max
c= c+1;
AN = [AN subs(an,n,c)];
i = i+1;
end
c = 0;
BN = [];
for i = 1:max
c= c+1;
BN = [BN subs(bn,n,c)];
i = i+1;
end
an and bn values are stored in AN and BN vectors. It seems that this code compute terms correctly, but I don't know how to plot this function.

Answers (1)

Aghamarsh Varanasi
Aghamarsh Varanasi on 26 May 2021
Edited: Aghamarsh Varanasi on 26 May 2021
Hi,
You can create a 'fourier series' with the coefficients a0, AN and BN arrays and use fplot to plot this symbolic function.
For example, the last part of your code can be modified as follows
AN = [];
BN = [];
fourier_series = 0;
for i = 1:max
AN = [AN subs(an,n,i)];
BN = [BN subs(bn,n,i)];
fourier_series = fourier_series + (AN(i) * cos(i*t) + BN(i) * sin(i*t));
end
fplot(t, (a0/2 + fourier_series), [-3,3])
Hope this helps

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