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Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists
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Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Steven Smith
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
21h 34m
English
Newnes
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CHAPTER 30

Complex Numbers

Complex numbers are an extension of the ordinary numbers used in everyday math. They have the unique property of representing and manipulating two variables as a single quantity. This fits very naturally with Fourier analysis, where the frequency domain is composed of two signals, the real and the imaginary parts. Complex numbers shorten the equations used in DSP, and enable techniques that are difficult or impossible with real numbers alone. For instance, the fast Fourier transform is based on complex numbers. Unfortunately, complex techniques are very mathematical, and it requires a great deal of study and practice to use them effectively. Many scientists and engineers regard complex techniques as the dividing ...

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