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- From: serge@dgbt.doc.ca (Serge Ah Hee)
- Subject: Re: Where can I find the Nyquest theorem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.125406.18714@dgbt.doc.ca>
- Organization: The Communications Research Centre
- References: <1992Aug25.200552.12909@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Aug26.115340.4884@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 12:54:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.115340.4884@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> chris@lightnin.Columbia.NCR.COM writes:
- >In article <1992Aug25.200552.12909@fcom.cc.utah.edu> dave@news.ccutah.edu (dave martin) writes:
- >>Where can I find the exact statement of the Nyquest theorem? I have seen
- >>some articles attributing certain properties of digital audio to the Nyquest
- >>theorem which happen to be false. I am trying to find out if the theorem
- >>is in error (unlikely) or if the author of the piece I read is wrong (more
- >>likely).
- >>
- >>dave@csulx.weber.edu
- >>DMARTIN@CC.WEBER.EDU
- >
- >Nyquist has theorems in both the analog and digital domain. With respect
- >to digital audio maybe the one you were referring to is Nyquist's
- >minimum sample rate criteria. For a sample to be accurately reproduced,
- >each cycle of the analog input signal (Fa) must be sampled at least twice.
- >
- > Fs >= 2Fa
- >
-
- Isn't it Fs > 2Fa and not Fs >= 2Fa?
- ^ ^^
- > Fs = minimum sample rate (Nyquist)
- > Fa = highest frequency to be sampled
- >
- >if Fs < 2Fa, distortion will result--aliasing, foldover.
- >
- >I am by no means an expert on this stuff. I remember it from a Digital
- >Signal Processing class I took in school. The mathematical proofs can be
- >found in any DSP book.
- >
- >
- >
- >
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