The Fourier series

• Any continuous waveform can be partitioned into a sum of sinusoidal waves

• P(t) = Po + SPn cos (2pfnt + Fn)

• Po is the ambient pressure

• Pn is the pressure of the nth cosine wave

• fn is the frequency of the nth cosine wave

• Fn is the phase of the nth cosine wave

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