Find the period of f(x)=sinx+{x}?

1 Answer
Jun 10, 2018

#f(x)# is aperiodic

Explanation:

I will assume that by #{x}# you mean the fractional part of #x#, i.e.:

#{x} = x - floor(x)#

This function has period #1# with graph like this:

graph{3/5(abs(sin(xpi/2))-abs(cos(xpi/2))-abs(sin(xpi/2)^3)/6+abs(cos(xpi/2)^3)/6)tan(xpi/2)/abs(tan(x*pi/2))+1/2 [-2.48, 2.52, -0.75, 1.75]}

Meanwhile, the function #sin x# has period #2 pi#

graph{sin x [-20.46, 20.54, -1.24, 1.26]}

Note that #2pi# is an irrational multiple of #1#, and hence these two constituent functions have no common period.