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Amy Allen

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Apr 15, 2010, 8:19:00 PM4/15/10
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Did anyone else get an alternating cosine series for #21? The hint has a series that is always positive.

Nikhil Chelliah

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Apr 15, 2010, 9:12:12 PM4/15/10
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Same problem here.

On Apr 15, 7:19 pm, Amy Allen <theinkstainedwre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did anyone else get an alternating cosine series for #21? The hint has a
> series that is always positive.
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Nikhil Chelliah

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Apr 15, 2010, 9:20:08 PM4/15/10
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Never mind. The terms in the series do alternate, but cos(n pi) also
alternates for increasing, integral values of n. This happens when f
is evaluated at t=pi (as opposed to at t=0).
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