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Lecture 4: The Fourier Spectrum

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Schedule :: Periodic Signals :: Fourier Spectrum :: Symmetry :: Fundamental Frequency :: Smoothness of the Function :: Fourier Series :: Exponential Series :: Spectra :: Bandwidth :: Energy of Signals :: Geometric Viewpoint

For a function $f(t)$ having a compact trigonometric Fourier series, the set of amplitudes $\{C_n\}$ and the set of phases $\{ \theta_n\}$ provide all the information necessary to represent the function. (This is interesting, if you think about it: a function which is defined at every point in a continuum can be represented with only a countable number of points.) A plot of the amplitudes $\{C_n\}$ vs. the $\omega$ is the amplitude spectrum of the signal. A plot of the phase $\{ \theta_n\}$ vs. $\omega$ is the phase spectrum of the signal.

\begin{example}Show the magnitude and phase spectrum of the square wave from the... ...rms are zero, so all the information is conveyed in the $\{a_n\}$. \end{example}


\begin{example} \par Find the Fourier series of the following signal, and plot i... ...splaymath}The magnitude and phase spectrum are: \vspace*{3in} \par \end{example}

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