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| + | <span style="color:green"> Read the instructor's comments [[hw1periodicECE301f08profcomments|here]]. </span> | ||
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A function is said to be '''periodic''' (or, when emphasizing the presence of a single period instead of multiple periods, singly periodic) with period if | A function is said to be '''periodic''' (or, when emphasizing the presence of a single period instead of multiple periods, singly periodic) with period if | ||
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Periodic versus non-periodic functions (hw1, ECE301)
Read the instructor's comments here.
A function is said to be periodic (or, when emphasizing the presence of a single period instead of multiple periods, singly periodic) with period if
f(x)=f(x+np)
where n=1,2.........
p is the Fundamental Period
The constant function is periodic with any period for all nonzero real numbers , so there is no concept analogous to the least period for constant functions.
An aperiodic function never repeats, although technically an aperiodic function can be considered like a periodic function with an infinite period.
f(x+p)=-f(x)
