Author Description

This easily readable text provides an introduction to the use Fourier series, one of the most powerful techniques ever devised for the benefit of applied scientists. The emphasis is on worked examples and step-by-step instruction rather than intense mathematical rigor. However, students will learn how the relationships between variables can be put in mathematical form, particularly in engineering, and how Fourier series are indispensable for describing periodic phenomena to various degrees of approximation. Based on the author's successful lecture course, the text will be a helpful guide and introduction for students in engineering, physics, and chemistry.