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On $H_\infty$ norm for transfer function
For a given scenario in the context of control system, I'm trying to investigate how the $H_\infty$ norm can be calculated for a transfer function as follows:
$$G(s)= \frac{w_n^2}{s^2 +2\zeta w_ns +...
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Differential Equations applications in Signal Processing [closed]
Does differential and partial differential equations subject has applications in Signal Processing? I have basic DSP background and know Matrix algebra and Fourier transforms very well, but I am not ...
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How to find the impulse response of filter that outputs the autocorrelation of the input?
I am trying to solve question 9.61 in the attached image.
I guess, by evaluating the autocorrelation for a specific instance, say $ t = 0 $ , that the impulse response, $h(t)$, should be : $$ h (t)...
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Check whether a given equation is linear
$ a = (x, y) \in \mathbb{Z}^2 $ is given as a pixel. My equation in which $g$ is image(matrix) is defined as,
$f(x, y) = 56g(x,y)+93g(x−1,y)+92g(x+1, y)−57g(x, y−1)+555g(x, y+1) $
How can we know ...
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how to set Equalizer's coefficient using generalized eigenvector.
In that paper https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/1687-1499-2012-72 .. Equation 3,
$J(w) = w^HBw/w^HCw$ ..
$B$ and $C$ are matrices, $w$ the filter coefficients vector ...
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What does it mean for a function to have frequencies?
In a lecture, my professor mentioned that $\cos$ has two frequencies. I see that using the inverse Euler's formula we can express $\cos$ as a some linear combination of complex exponentials, each with ...
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Intuitive understanding of frequency
I know that $f = \frac{\text{cycles}}{\text{unit of time}}$ and I know that period $T = \text{time it takes to complete one cycle}$.
So if we take the definition
$f = \frac{1}{T} = \frac{\text{1 ...
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Rearranging exp terms
I have some problems rearranging exp terms to receive a cos or sin. I guess the solution is silly but I‘m not able to spot my mistake.
I know the solution (since i looked it up with wolfram alpha) ...
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Equation Derivation: Help with intermediate steps
As per the attached image above, I don't know how the equation in the first line transformed to the form in second line.
I tried solving it by multiplication but the result was different.
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How to measure the distance between two circle-like-lines over 360 degree
I am looking for a slim and with that quickly programmable image processing strategy to measure the distance between two circles over 360°. It is important to notice that the circles are not perfect, ...
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How to prove Line Spectral Pair coefficient properties?
I am trying to understand the definition of LSP coefficients from http://www.dspcsp.com/pdf/lsp.pdf.
We take the polynomial $a(x)$ of degree $M$ from the denominator of the LPC system function, and ...
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Explicit a succession using z inverse transform
Is it possible to explicit $y(n)$ of this mathematical succession in recursive form using z inverse transform?:
$ y(0) = 1 \\ y(n+1) = 2y(n) + 3 $
I can't write ...
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Relationships between $f(t)$ signal and $f(t) \times \sin(\omega t)$ signal
Let's assume that there is a signal $f(t)$, $0\le t \le T$. Then, is there any special meaning of the signal $g(t) =f(t) \times \sin(\omega t)$? Like AM transmission. What is shown/heard when we play ...
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NMSE of complex numbers
Actually I am doing an RF measurement and this includes phase and power. i generate a list of powers ranging for example from (-50 to 40) dBm, while the phase rotate to make it for example spiral ...
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MLE parameter estimation — confusion regarding some terms in the pdf of complex normal r.v (Part 2)
This question is based on the application of the pdf which was an earlier question of mine asked here Confusion regarding pdf of circularly symmetric complex gaussian rv
If $v \sim CN(0,2\sigma^2_v)$ ...
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MLE formulation — confusion regarding the terms in the equation (Part1)
If $v \sim CN(0,2\sigma^2_v)$ is a circularly complex Gaussian random variable which acts as the measurement noise in this model
$$y_n = x_n + v_n \tag{1} $$ where $x \sim CN(0,2\sigma^2)$, then is ...
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What kind of math is introduced in this answer related to DSP?
What kind of math is introduced in this answer:
https://dsp.stackexchange.com/a/40225/30897
It smells like standard linear algebra course (which I haven't studied, yet), but is it only that?
Thanks!
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How does the assumption that symbols are equi-probable hold
If I draw a number uniformly between zero and one, what is the probability that they are equal? Mathematically, it should be zero but I don't recall why? Can somebody please help in explaining why the ...
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Autocorrelation of a Shifted Sequence
Suppose I have a sequence $x[k]$ with $\mathcal{Z}$-transform
$$ X(z) = x_{0} + x_{1}z^{-1} + x_{2}z^{-2} + \ldots + x_{N-1}z^{N-1}$$
I know that for real-valued $x[k]$ the $\mathcal{Z}$-transform ...
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BIBO Stability of a piecewise function
I have a function $y$ defined as
$$
y(t) =
\left\{\begin{array}
~t~ \mbox{ where} |t| \le 3\\
0~ \mbox{ otherwise}
\end{array}
\right .
$$
With a system defined as
$$G(t) = ty(t), $$
is it BIBO ...
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Drawing the modulus from a Transfer function
As you may guess from my other questions i am a student so pardon me any ignorance and guide me to the truth. Thanks
In this exercise from an exam i was given that transfer function with poles and ...
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How to create wavelet matrix
There is a question related to this exits allready in stack, but I feel the answer to that question is not complete. I want to create a wavelet matrix using haar or Debauches wavelets at certain level ...
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Problem with bi orthogonal wavelets in SVD
I am using an SVD based algorithm to improve the incoherence between two bases, a random bases and a transform bases. First algorithm multiplies two bases together and the SVD is performed on the ...
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How is this was derived? DTFT for symmetric pulse
do not understand how the middle expression was derived from above expression,
after all summation\multiplication i get:
$$\frac{e^{-jwN} + e^{jwN} - e^{-jw(N+1)} + e^{jw(N+1)}}{2 - e^{-jw} - e^{jw}...
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Mathematical relationship between highpass and lowpass filtering
Let $g, h_{HP}, h_{LP}: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $G, H_{HP}, H_{LP}$ denote their continuous Fourier transforms under the Fourier operator $\mathcal{F}$. Let $*$ denote the continuous ...
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Should zero element be considered to calculate mean when smoothing spectrogram by window?
My (mass spectrometry) spectrogram does not measure the intensity constantly. I obtain the spectrogram, for example,
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What is stochastic differential equation and its need?
A white noise process can be simulated using the Matlab command randn(). The numbers will be drawn from a Normal distribution of zero mean and variance 1.
Is the ...
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Closed form expression for $\sum_{k=0}^{n} \alpha^{-k}$?
I have seen this sum a couple of times now in the textbook and in the problems book but I don't know how to solve it. I know this might be more suited for math.stackexchange but since this is a fairly ...
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What is the meaning of this notation?
I have seen this notation in the book Schaums-Outline a couple of times now and I can't quite understand it. I'd very much appreciate if someone explained what it means. I am thinking that it means ...
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What is the difference between entropy and entropy rate and which one is important in information theory? [duplicate]
By entropy I understand the uncertainty or randomness. But if the uncertainty is high then what is its implication and advantage in transmitting information or as an information source or is high ...
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Z-transform of an impulse signal in discrete time
am trying to compute the Z-transform of the following signal
\begin{equation*}
x\left[n\right]\:=\:\sum_{k=-\infty \:}^{\infty \:}\:\delta \:\left[n-k\right]
\end{equation*}
so I thought it would be
\...
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Why GCD(1+D, 1+D^2) = 1+D?
I'm reading Digital Communications, Proakis, and in order to classify an encoder as catastrophic or noncatastrophic I need the GCD of the elements in the generator G(D).
I don't really know what kind ...
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Replacing “e” in Euler's formula with another number
Does Euler's formula remain valid if we use any real number other than the constant $e$? For example replacing $e$ with 5 would make the formula look like this: $5^{it}$.
I tried this idea in ...
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Proving Convergence of a limit related to Cross-Spectrum Estimation
Proving asymptotic covariance of Cross-Spectrum Estimation I came across this mathematical problem:
Consider two constants $M,L$ such that $M\to \infty, L \to \infty \hbox{ and } \frac{L}{M} \to 0$, ...
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Career Question: As a person who likes math is signal processing a career that's worth it?
I like high level math and I love deep theory based math.
In industry will I use high level math and theory to implement my own algorithms?
I love high level math but I do not love probability (...
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Is it mathematically possible to compute Fourier transform without comparing the signal?
If I'm correct, Fourier transform lets me know the magnitude and phase of any given frequency in a signal.
I have a sampled signal and I want to compute its Fourier transform (any frequency) without ...
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Help with Determinants [closed]
Okay so i understand the first det, which is why i got the correct solution. However for the second det, im not sure how to solve it since because of the different coefficents (0,2,4) and i tried of ...
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What is this theorem in this formula?
I just read a paper yesterday and there is confusion:
I want to know what is reconstruction fidelity term and the theorem of changing the formula from upper to lower one. Is this theorm from ...
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Directional derivative [closed]
I know that D ⃗ v f = ∇ f ⋅ ⃗ v Dv→f=∇f⋅v→ is the directional derivative. My question is why must the vector ⃗ v v→ be a unit vector? I am sure there is an obvious answer, but my book doesn't really ...
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What is a “functional”? [closed]
I have read the wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_(mathematics) but it is not helping.
I understand what a regular function is
input > do something to that input > output.
but ...
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Help in proper notations and mathematical formulation
For a given series, $S = \{-1,0,-2,1,etc\}$. The number of elements in $S$ is $N = 100$. Each $s_i$ belongs to a alphabet from a finite alphabet set $\mathcal{A} = (a_1=0, a_2=1, a_3=2, a_4=3, a_5=-1,...
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Mathematical question that comes out of using bilinear transform
So this is related to the Cookbook and I tried solving it maybe two decades ago, gave up, and was reminded of the unsolved problem. But it's pretty damn straight forward, but I still got slogged down ...
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How to prove this norm inequality?
$$
\left( \sum |z_i|^a \right)^b \geq \left( \sum |z_i|^b \right)^a, \quad \forall a\in [1,2], b\in [2,+\infty)
$$
Actually this is equivalent to
$$
\|z\|_a \geq \|z\|_b \quad \forall a\leq b
$$
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Laplace transform of averaging operator
I am studying dc-dc converter now. I got a problem with Laplace transform of the averaging operator as in the image below.
Can anyone help me derive the Laplace transform result $G_{av}(s)$ as in the ...
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Notation confusion — What is the correct operator for computation of the log-likelihood expression for complex valued data?
This question is an extension of another question of mine asked earlier here Help in understanding if the maximum likelhood estimation is working properly
In that question the inputs were real valued....
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Weighted Sum of Auto Correlation - Lower Bound
Given a vector $ v $ with elements $ {\left\{ {v}_{n} \right\}}_{n = - \infty}^{\infty} $ and denoting $ {v}_{n}^{\left( k \right)} = {v}_{n - k} $, namely, a shifted vector by $ k $ elements (Mind ...
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Unable to understand how the paper simplifies the covariance matrix - Kalman filter
The paper Convergence Analysis of the Unscented Kalman Filter for Filtering Noisy Chaotic Signals
presents the convergence analysis of Unscented Kalman Filter
download
http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/~...
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What does the $n$ do in $1/(j \omega)^n$
I'm currently working through a research paper on beam forming. In this paper a magnitude compensation is introduced to compensate for frequency dependency. Due to other calculations low frequencies ...
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Independence of Noise at Each DFT Output
My math may be a little rusty, so I would like confirmation or correction or my calculations here.
Given white noise samples, $x_i$, which are IID and zero-mean, and variance $\sigma^2_x$. I want to ...
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Hi, If I really want to focus on the mathematics of signal procesing, Should I do a Masters in EE or Math? [closed]
I'm an undergraduate electrical engineering student who has an interest in mathematics of signal processing. I want to be able to go to a graduate school where I can focus on more the mathematics and ...
