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Boundary Values & Fourier Series · Easy problem

The Fourier series of a 2π2\pi-periodic function is written a02+∑n≥1(ancos⁡nx+bnsin⁡nx)\dfrac{a_0}{2} + \sum_{n\ge1}(a_n\cos nx + b_n\sin nx) with an=1π∫−ππf(x)cos⁡nx dxa_n = \dfrac{1}{\pi}\displaystyle\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} f(x)\cos nx\,dx. For f(x)=∣x∣f(x) = |x| on [−π,π][-\pi, \pi], find a0a_0.