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When I took a sample at 1 hz, the signal was non-periodic and ugly.
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When I took a sample at 1 hz, the signal was ugly and random.
 
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Therefore it is not periodic.
 
Therefore it is not periodic.

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Homework 2 Part A-1


I chose the signal:
$ y = cos(n)\, $
When I took a sample at 1 hz, the signal was ugly and random.
Therefore it is not periodic.

File:Non-periodic.jpg ECE301Fall2008mboutin
Changing the function to:$ y = cos(n*pi/2)\, $
made the signal look periodic.
Periodiccnphilli ECE301Fall2008mboutin.JPG

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