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In this chapter we will take a closer look at the spectral, or frequency domain, representation of deterministic (nonrandom) signals which was already mentioned in Chapter 1. The tools introduced below, usually called Fourier or harmonic analysis, will play a fundamental role later on in our study of random signals. Almost all of the calculations will be conducted in the complex form. Compared with working in the real domain, manipulation of formulas written in the complex form turns out to be simpler and all the tedium of remembering various trigonometric formulas is avoided. All of the results written in the complex form can be translated quickly into results for real trigonometric series expressed in terms of sines and cosines via de Moivre’s formula e jt = cos t + j sin t, familiar from Chapter 1.
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(2006). Spectral Representation of Deterministic Signals: Fourier Series and Transforms. In: A First Course in Statistics for Signal Analysis. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4516-8_2
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