Absolute convergence of the Fourier series of a $\mathcal{C}^1$ function on the circle

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Let $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuously differentiable function which is $2\pi$-periodic. Define the Fourier coefficients of $f$:
$$C = \frac{1}{2\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} f(x) \, dx, \ A_n = \frac{1}{\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} f(x) \cos(nx) \, dx, \ B_n = \frac{1}{\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} f(x) \sin(nx) \, dx.$$
Then $$f(x) = C + \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (A_n \cos(nx) + B_n \sin(nx)),$$ and the series above converges absolutely.

I am trying to understand why the fact stated above is true. I know that there are lots of references on Fourier series, and even questions on this site related to this, but they are all in various levels of generality and I got a bit lost searching through all of them. So, my question is the following: what would be the simplest way to prove this fact "from scratch", or give me a pointer to some reference where that is done?

You can of course assume all the basic facts of integration theory (either Riemann or Lebesgue). You can also assume the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma (for Riemann integrable functions), since I am also already comfortable with that result.

Edit: I changed the assumption on $f$ from differentiable to continuously differentiable, as discussed in the comments.

Best Answer

If $f$ is $\mathcal{C}^1$, the exponential Fourier coefficients satisfy $c_n(f') = 2i\pi n c_n(f)$ (integration by parts). This helps to prove the convergence of the series $\sum_n |c_n(f)|$, i.e. the normal convergence of the Fourier series of $f$. View fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9rie_de_Fourier Théorème de convergence normale de Dirichlet (I did not find a reference in english).

Because of the normal convergence, when computing the Fourier coefficients of the sum of the Fourier series, one may switch the sum and the integral. One gets that the Fourier coefficients of the sum are the same as those of $f$.

By continuity of $f$ and injectivity of the map $f \mapsto (c_n(f))_{n \in \mathbb{Z}}$ from $L^1_{2\pi}$ to $c_0(\mathbb{Z})$, one deduces that the sum is $f$.

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