Engineering Mathematics, Volume 2

Chapter 8

 

¹Named after the French analyst and mathematical physicist, Baron de Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830). While investigating heat conduction problems, he developed the theory of Fourier series and used it first in his memorable work Theorie Analytique de la Chaleur. This initiated a great mathematical activity and led to the development of a new branch of mathematics called Fourier Analysis.

²With the exception of the identity function/(x)003D;0 for all x is even as well as odd.

³EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783), was a gifted Swiss mathematician, and the most prolific mathematician, who contributed to almost all branches of mathematics even after becoming totally blind in 1771. He studied under John Bernoulli and became a professor ...