Abstract
In this paper I discuss the motivation behind using an introduction to Fourier series as a method to unify the topics of integration techniques and series calculations in a Calculus II course.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my colleagues (current and former) at Longwood University for their advice on this work. I would also like to thank the referees for their useful suggestions.
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David Shoenthal
David Shoenthal earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Penn State University and began working at Longwood University immediately afterwards. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics and department chair. In his spare time he converges periodically to a movie screen.