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A discrete approach to Wirtinger's inequality

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2019-05-17 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Considering Wirtinger's inequality for piece-wise equipartite functions we find a discrete version of this classical inequality. The main tool we use is the theorem of classification of isometries. Our approach provides a new elementary proof of Wirtinger's inequality that also allows to study the case of equality. Moreover it leads in a natural way to the Fourier series development of 2π2\pi-periodic functions.

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@article{arxiv.1905.05403,
  title  = {A discrete approach to Wirtinger's inequality},
  author = {Julià Cufí and Agustí Reventós and Carlos J. Rodríguez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.05403},
  year   = {2019}
}

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9 pages