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I picked a pretty easy function for a non-periodic one for homework 1, so I'll use it again! :)  I chose <math>y=x</math>
 
I picked a pretty easy function for a non-periodic one for homework 1, so I'll use it again! :)  I chose <math>y=x</math>
According to the definition, <math>y(t+k*T)</math> should be periodic for any k and constant T, so lets see.
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According to the definition,  
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<math>y(t+k*T)</math>  
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should be periodic for any k and constant T, so lets see.
 
We get a sum that looks about like
 
We get a sum that looks about like
<math>t + (t+1) + (t+2) + (t+3) + ... </math> for T=1 and k=0,1,2,3,4...
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<math>(t-5) + (t-4) + (t-3) + (t-2) + (t-1) + t + (t+1) + (t+2) + (t+3) + ... </math> for T=1 and k=...-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4...
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When you shift this by 1 you get
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<math>(t-4) + (t-3) + (t-2) + (t-1) + (t) + (t+1) + (t+2) + (t+3) + (t+4) </math>
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As you can see if this sum were taken to infinity, the shift of 1 would result in the exact same signal, thus it would be periodic.

Revision as of 14:05, 11 September 2008

Part 1

I'll use the signal that I picked for the last homework to demonstrate the sampling rate idea. My signal was tan(t). If you sample this function at a rate of $ pi $, every sample will be identical, as long as it's not shifted by $ \frac{\pi}{2} $ as $ \tan(\frac{\pi}{2}+n*\pi) $ for any integer n is undefined.

However, if you sample this function with a period of anything OTHER than $ \pi $ then you get random dots all over the place.

Part 2

I picked a pretty easy function for a non-periodic one for homework 1, so I'll use it again! :) I chose $ y=x $ According to the definition,

$ y(t+k*T) $

should be periodic for any k and constant T, so lets see. We get a sum that looks about like

$ (t-5) + (t-4) + (t-3) + (t-2) + (t-1) + t + (t+1) + (t+2) + (t+3) + ... $ for T=1 and k=...-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4... When you shift this by 1 you get $ (t-4) + (t-3) + (t-2) + (t-1) + (t) + (t+1) + (t+2) + (t+3) + (t+4) $ As you can see if this sum were taken to infinity, the shift of 1 would result in the exact same signal, thus it would be periodic.

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