To analyze the periodic properties of F(t) it is useful to uncover
a functional representation of the signal in terms of the
orthogonal functions
and
of period L.
To determine the Fourier series for F(t) we must
find the constants
and
so that the following identity holds [27]:
Fourier showed that the constants
and
in equation (3.63)
are computed from F(t) by means of the
integral formulas
and