Fourier coefficient calculations

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Homework Statement


I've been following closely a book on PDE's working through lots of steps but here I'm stuck.
Basically I have the relation f(x)= \sum _{n=1}^\infty F_n \sin \left ( \frac{n\pi x }{L} \right ). I want to calculate the Fourier coefficients F_n.
I look at the definition in the same book and I see that if f(x)= \sum _{n=1}^\infty c_n g_n(x) then c_n=\frac{1}{||g_n||^2} \int _a ^b f(x)g_n (x)dx.
Since I'm solving the 1 dimensional wave equation between x=0 and x=L, the limits of the integral are in my case 0 and L.
I get that F_n =\frac{1}{|| \sin \left ( \frac{n\pi x }{L} \right )||^2} \int _0^L f(x) \sin \left ( \frac{n\pi x }{L} \right ) dx. I don't really know how to calculate the modulus squared of the denominator. When I look in the book it says that F_n=\frac{2}{L} \int _0^L f(x) \sin \left ( \frac{n\pi x }{L} \right ) dx. I've absolutely no idea how he did this calculation.


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The Attempt at a Solution

Only thoughts so far...
Any clarification is welcome.
 
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What is the definition of the modulus squared of a function?
 
jbunniii said:
What is the definition of the modulus squared of a function?

Ok thank you, I just found out the result... I didn't know to tell the truth, now I know. Problem solved.
 
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