Triangle wave

Triangle wave
A bandlimited triangle wave[1] pictured in the time domain (top) and frequency domain (bottom). The fundamental is at 220 Hz (A3).
General information
General definition	${\displaystyle x(t)=4\left\vert t-\left\lfloor t+3/4\right\rfloor +1/4\right\vert -1}$
Fields of application	Electronics, synthesizers
Domain, codomain and image
Domain	${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} }$
Codomain	${\displaystyle \left[-1,1\right]}$
Basic features
Parity	Odd
Period	1
Specific features
Root	${\displaystyle \left\{{\tfrac {n}{2}}\right\},n\in \mathbb {Z} }$
Derivative	Square wave
Fourier series	${\displaystyle x(t)=-{\frac {8}{{\pi }^{2}}}\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }{\frac {{\left(-1\right)}^{k}}{\left(2k-1\right)^{2}}}\sin \left(2\pi \left(2k-1\right)t\right)}$

Triangle wave sound sample

5 seconds of triangle wave at 220 Hz

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Additive Triangle wave sound sample

After each second, a harmonic is added to a sine wave creating a triangle 220 Hz wave

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A triangular wave or triangle wave is a non-sinusoidal waveform named for its triangular shape. It is a periodic, piecewise linear, continuous real function.

Like a square wave, the triangle wave contains only odd harmonics. However, the higher harmonics roll off much faster than in a square wave (proportional to the inverse square of the harmonic number as opposed to just the inverse).