(New page: ===Part A=== Basically, since all of the examples are the same i chose a random person and that random person was Nicholas Block and he had cos(2t). x[n]=cos(2n) is not periodic because t...)
 
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x[n]=cos(2n) is not periodic because there needs to be a factor of 2pi and since n is an integer, there is not going to be a period.
 
x[n]=cos(2n) is not periodic because there needs to be a factor of 2pi and since n is an integer, there is not going to be a period.
  
x(t)=cos(2t) is periodic everytime t has a factor of 2pi.
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x(t)=cos(2t) is periodic everytime t has a factor of pi.
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===Part B===
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Cos[n] is periodic in discrete time when it is sampled in intervals of 2pi. It satisfies the equation: a[n+T]=a[n] for an integer T.

Latest revision as of 13:44, 12 September 2008

Part A

Basically, since all of the examples are the same i chose a random person and that random person was Nicholas Block and he had cos(2t).

x[n]=cos(2n) is not periodic because there needs to be a factor of 2pi and since n is an integer, there is not going to be a period.

x(t)=cos(2t) is periodic everytime t has a factor of pi.

Part B

Cos[n] is periodic in discrete time when it is sampled in intervals of 2pi. It satisfies the equation: a[n+T]=a[n] for an integer T.

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