Bessel Approximations in Mathematica

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This discussion focuses on using Bessel functions, specifically BesselJ, to approximate the sine function, $\sin\pi x$. The user reports issues with their plots, noting that while increasing the number of terms should pull the coordinate (0,1) down to (0,0), this is not occurring in their case. The mathematical formulation provided includes the series expansion of a function f(x) in terms of Bessel functions, utilizing the positive zeros of the Bessel function J_n(x) and coefficients derived from integrals involving f(x).

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How do I use the Bessel Function at different orders to approximate the sine function?

I am plotting $\sin\pi x$ against the BesselJ function. However, from the example I saw in class, as I increase the number of terms, the $(0,1)$ coordinate is pulled down to (0,0). This isn't happening for me so I am not entering in my BesselJ correct plotted. How would I do that?
 
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How do I use the Bessel Function at different orders to approximate the sine function?

I am plotting $\sin\pi x$ against the BesselJ function. However, from the example I saw in class, as I increase the number of terms, the $(0,1)$ coordinate is pulled down to (0,0). This isn't happening for me so I am not entering in my BesselJ correct plotted. How would I do that?

Let be $\lambda_{1},\ \lambda_{2},\ ... ,\ \lambda_{k}$ the positive zeroes of $J_{n}(x)$, being n a non negative integer. In that case, given an f(x), is...

$\displaystyle f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} a_{k}\ J_{n} (\lambda_{k}\ x)$ (1)

... where...

$\displaystyle a_{k}= \frac{2}{J^{2}_{n+1} (\lambda_{k})} \ \int_{0}^{1} x\ f(x)\ J_{n} (\lambda_{k}\ x)\ dx$ (2)

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