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... sinusoidal waveforms . Any periodic wave- form , no matter how complex it is , can be closely approximated by adding together a number of sinusoidal waveforms . The mathe- matical procedure of Fourier analysis tells us what particular ...
... sinusoidal waveforms . Any periodic wave- form , no matter how complex it is , can be closely approximated by adding together a number of sinusoidal waveforms . The mathe- matical procedure of Fourier analysis tells us what particular ...
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... sinusoidal components , if they are added together , ap- proximate the complex waveform . To achieve a better ... sinusoidal components would all be harmonically related to the fundamental frequency . The frequency of the third ...
... sinusoidal components , if they are added together , ap- proximate the complex waveform . To achieve a better ... sinusoidal components would all be harmonically related to the fundamental frequency . The frequency of the third ...
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... sinusoidal component depends on the shape of the particu- lar complex wave . It therefore is necessary to keep track of the amplitude of each component if we want to specify a complex wave in terms of its sinusoidal components . We can ...
... sinusoidal component depends on the shape of the particu- lar complex wave . It therefore is necessary to keep track of the amplitude of each component if we want to specify a complex wave in terms of its sinusoidal components . We can ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Cognitive and Communicative Factors Underlying Language | 5 |
Darwin and Negus | 21 |
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