Fourier Coefficient Amplitude: Is Infinity Possible?

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Is it possible to have an infinite value for the amplitude of a Fourier coefficient?

The signal is sin(w0t) from 0 to T/2. My resulting coefficient formula was
Fn = 2/[4pi(1-n)] + 2/[4pi(1+n)]
so for F1 i got infinity ... is this possible?
or is coefficient just wrong?
 
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This solution cannot be correct, because if you add the Fourier components up, you will get infinity multiplied by a sinusoid. Does that reconstruct the original signal in the designated range? No, and it must for such a well-behaved original signal.