(New page: So many symbols, so little time... Here's a quick lookup table for our commonly-used symbols! *<math>\omega_s</math>: Sampling frequency; equal to <math>\frac{2\pi}{T}</math> *<math>\omega...)
 
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So many symbols, so little time... Here's a quick lookup table for our commonly-used symbols!
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So many symbols, so little time... Here's a quick lookup table for our commonly-used symbols!  
 
*<math>\omega_s</math>: Sampling frequency; equal to <math>\frac{2\pi}{T}</math>
 
*<math>\omega_s</math>: Sampling frequency; equal to <math>\frac{2\pi}{T}</math>
 
*<math>\omega_m</math>: Maximum frequency in a band-limited signal (<math> = max(\{|w|\ :\ w \neq 0\})</math>
 
*<math>\omega_m</math>: Maximum frequency in a band-limited signal (<math> = max(\{|w|\ :\ w \neq 0\})</math>
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*<math>s</math>: A complex number -- often expressed as a sum of it's parts, <math>a+j\omega</math>, where <math>a, \omega \in \mathbb{R}</math>
 
*<math>s</math>: A complex number -- often expressed as a sum of it's parts, <math>a+j\omega</math>, where <math>a, \omega \in \mathbb{R}</math>
 
*<math>X(s)</math>: The Laplace Transform of <math>x(t)</math>.
 
*<math>X(s)</math>: The Laplace Transform of <math>x(t)</math>.
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The above symbols are brought to you with thanks to Brian Thomas

Revision as of 13:31, 27 January 2009

So many symbols, so little time... Here's a quick lookup table for our commonly-used symbols!

  • $ \omega_s $: Sampling frequency; equal to $ \frac{2\pi}{T} $
  • $ \omega_m $: Maximum frequency in a band-limited signal ($ = max(\{|w|\ :\ w \neq 0\}) $
  • $ \omega_c $: Cutoff frequency of a filter ($ \omega_c > 0 $). (For instance, lowpass filters are nonzero in the range $ \omega \in [-\omega_c, \omega_c] $.)
  • $ T $: Sampling period; equal to $ \frac{2\pi}{\omega_s} $
  • NR, or "Nyquest Rate": $ =2\omega_m $. If $ \omega_s > NR = 2\omega_m $, then the band-limited signal can be uniquely reconstructed from the sampled signal.
  • $ p(t) $: "Impulse train" -- equivalent to $ \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} \delta(t-nT) $
  • $ s $: A complex number -- often expressed as a sum of it's parts, $ a+j\omega $, where $ a, \omega \in \mathbb{R} $
  • $ X(s) $: The Laplace Transform of $ x(t) $.

The above symbols are brought to you with thanks to Brian Thomas

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Ph.D. 2007, working on developing cool imaging technologies for digital cameras, camera phones, and video surveillance cameras.

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