Questions tagged [periodic-functions]

Questions on periodic functions, functions $f(x)$ that satisfy the identity $f(x+c)=f(x)$, for some nonzero $c$.

A periodic function is a non-constant function that repeats itself in regular intervals, i.e. one satisfying $f(x+c)=f(x)$. The least such $c$ is called the period of $f$.

Graphically, you can see periodicity through translational symmetry. You can see this most easily with trigonometric functions like $\sin$ and $\cos$, which have period $2\pi$. Still, several well-known functions such as Thomae's function which is periodic with period one, cannot accurately be graphed. Other examples of periodic functions include sawtooth and square waves and division with a fixed modulus, e.g. $f(x)= x\bmod 10$.

Periodic functions are perhaps best known through Fourier series. A function that is integrable over an interval of length $L$ can be periodically extended into a Fourier series with period $L$.

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Finding The Periodicity of $f(x) = \sqrt{\sin(x)}+\sqrt{\cos(x)}$

I want to find the periodicity of the following function $f(x) = \sqrt{\sin(x)}+\sqrt{\cos(x)}$ my attempt: I've posed $f(x)=f(x+T)$.So $$ \begin{align} f(x+T) &= \sqrt{\sin(x+T)}+ \sqrt{\cos(x+T)}\\ &=…
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How will you answer this periodic function?

Let $f_1(x)$ be a periodic function with period $p_1 = a$ and let $f_2(x)$ be a periodic function with period $p_2 = b$. Show that if $a/b$ is a rational number, then $F(x) = (f_1 + f_2)(x)$ is also periodic. Do this by finding a number $T$ such …
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