DT signal & its Fourier Coefficients

$ \ x[n] = 5sin(3 \pi n + \frac{\pi}{4}) $

Knowing its Fourier series is:

$ \ x[n] = \frac{5}{2j} (e^{j (3\pi n + \frac{\pi}{4})}-e^{-j (3\pi n + \frac{\pi}{4})}) $

We then proceed to compute:

$ \ x[n] = \frac{5}{2j} (e^{j (3\pi n)} e^{j\frac{\pi}{4}}-e^{-j (3\pi n)}e^{-j\frac{\pi}{4}}) $

Knowing the following,

$ \ e^{j {\pi \over 4}} = {1 \over \sqrt{2}} + j{1 \over \sqrt{2}} $

$ \ e^{-j{\pi \over 4}} = {1 \over \sqrt{2}} - j{1 \over \sqrt{2}} $

We substitute:

$ \ x[n] = \frac{5}{2j} (e^{j (3\pi n)} ({1 \over \sqrt{2}} + j{1 \over \sqrt{2}}) -e^{-j (3\pi n)} ({1 \over \sqrt{2}} - j{1 \over \sqrt{2}}) ) $

And simplify:

$ \ x[n] = \frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}} e^{j (3\pi n)} + \frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}}e^{j (3\pi n)} - \frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}}e^{-j (3\pi n)} + \frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}}e^{-j (3\pi n)} $

$ \ x[n] = (\frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}}+ \frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}}) e^{j (3\pi n)} + (\frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}} - \frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}})e^{-j (3\pi n)} $

So, we get the coefficients:

$ \ a_{0} = 0 $

$ \ a_{1} = \frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}}+ \frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}} $

$ \ a_{-1} = \frac{5}{2\sqrt{2}} - \frac{5}{j2\sqrt{2}} $

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