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##Why Fourier series possible?</b>
We first begin with a few basic identities on the size of sets. Show that the set of possible functions representing sets is not larger than the set of available functions?
##Why Fourier series is plausible?</b>
To show that Fourier series is plausible, let us consider some arbitrary trignometric functions and see if it is possible to express them as the sum of sines and cosines:
$1.\quad\sin^2(x) = ?$
Based on the double angle formula,
$\qquad\cos(2x) = 1 - 2 \sin^2(x)$
Rearranging,
$\qquad\sin^2(x) = \frac{1-\cos(2x)}{2}$
$2.\quad\sin(2x).\cos(2x) = ?$
Based on the double angle formula,
$\qquad\sin(2x) = 2\sin(x)\cos(x)$
Rearranging,
$$\begin{array}{ccl}
\sin(2x).\cos(x) & = & [2\sin(x)\cos(x)].\cos(x)\\
& = & 2 \sin(x) [ 1 - \sin^2(x)]\\
& = & 2\sin(x) - 2\sin^3(x)\\
\end{array}$$
Based on the double angle formula,
$\qquad\sin(3x) = 3\sin(x) - 4\sin^3(x)$
Rearranging,
$\qquad\sin^3(x) = \frac{3\sin(x)-\sin(3x)}{4}$
Substituting back in the former equation, we get
$\sin(2x).\cos(x) = 2 \sin(x) - 2 [\frac{3\sin(x)-\sin(3x)}{4}] $
##What is the Fourier series actually?</b>
##Why is Fourier series useful? </b>
$(\nearrow)\cdot(\uparrow)=(\nwarrow)$
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