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Fourier series of $\log(a +b\cos(x))$?

By numerical computation it seems like, if $a_0 < a_1$: $$ \begin{multline} \log({a_0}^2 + {a_1}^2 + 2 a_0 a_1 \cos(\omega t)) = \log({a_0}^2 + {a_1}^2) \\ + \frac{a_0}{a_1}\cos(\omega t) - \frac{...
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Taylor expansion of cumulant generating function

For the characteristic function $\mathbf E e^{i t X}$ of a random variable $X$ with $n+1$ finite moments, there is the well known and easy to prove bound on the remainder of the Taylor series $$\left\...
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Taylor expansion convergence relation to power-spectrum

Is there some connection between the power-spectrum of a real function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ (that is, its Fourier transform) and the convergence radius of its Taylor expansion around arbitraty $...
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Fourier series of an arbitrary function of a cosine function

Is there a general expression for the Fourier series of the function $f(a\cos(\omega t))$ in terms of the derivatives of $f$? Obviously, the function can be expressed as a Maclaurin series $f(0)+af'(0)...
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