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Re: A question about the Nyquist theorm

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From: Kevin D. Quitt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1991 22:25
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In article <1759@manta.NOSC.MIL> north@manta.NOSC.MIL (Mark H. North) writes:
>
>Sorry to answer my own post but I take that last paragraph back. I think
>you are wrong after all. Look at it this way -- suppose I tell you I'm
>going to send you one of two signals, either 1 volt 60 Hz or a DC voltage
>between -1 and 1 volt. You may sample at 120 Hz. You get all identical
>samples at 0.5 volts. Which signal did I send?

    You've reduced this past absurdity.  If I know it *must* be one or the
other, a single measure will almost always be sufficient.  The discussion
revolves around reconstructing *any* waveform (requires >2x sampling).


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From: kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt)
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Subject: Re: A question about the Nyquist theorm
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