在数学中，傅里叶级数（Fourier series, 英语发音：/ˈfɔərieɪ/）是把类似波的函数表示成简单正弦波的方式。更正式地说，它能将任何周期函数或周期信号分解成一个（可能由无穷个元素组成的）简单振荡函数的集合，即正弦函数和余弦函数（或者，等价地使用复指数）。离散时间傅里叶变换是一个周期函数，通常用定义傅里叶级数的项进行定义。另一个应用的例子是Z变换，将傅里叶级数简化为特殊情形 |z|=1。傅里叶级数也是采样定理原始证明的核心。傅里叶级数的研究是傅里叶分析的一个分支。

In mathematics, a Fourier series (English pronunciation: /ˈfɔərieɪ/) is a way to represent a (wave-like) function as the sum of simple sine waves. More formally, it decomposes any periodic function or periodic signal into the sum of a (possibly infinite) set of simple oscillating functions, namely sines and cosines (or, equivalently, complex exponentials). The discrete-time Fourier transform is a periodic function, often defined in terms of a Fourier series. The Z-transform, another example of application, reduces to a Fourier series for the important case |z|=1. Fourier series are also central to the original proof of the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem. The study of Fourier series is a branch of Fourier analysis.