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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

                        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.

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