Diff eq Fourier Series Stuck halfway through,

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Homework Statement


Find the Fourier series of f on the given interval:
EDIT: For the result of an, it should be multiplied by \frac{2}{1+n^{2}}. That has been corrected.
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So far, so good.
 
Hey Vela thanks for your response. How about now? Is my answer in a different form or did I screw up somewhere? Note the books answer.
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You messed up the sign of bn. Fix that and your answer will match the book's.
 
vela said:
You messed up the sign of bn. Fix that and your answer will match the book's.

Oh ok. I see that now, and the two factorizations I have to make.

Thanks for your help!
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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