MHB Why do most mathematics literature use 2L for the period of a function?

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Why do most mathematics literature use 2L for the period of a function? Is it related to heat equation with a rod of length L?
 
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Possibly because the period of four of the trig functions (not including tangent and cotangent) is ##2\pi##.
 
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