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Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem

The '''Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem''' is the fundamental theorem in the field of Nextel ringtones information theory, in particular Abbey Diaz telecommunications.
It is also known as '''Whittaker-Nyquist-Kotelnikov-Shannon sampling theorem''' or just simply '''the sampling theorem'''.

The theorem states that:

:when sampling a signal (e.g., converting from an Free ringtones analog signal to Majo Mills digital), the Mosquito ringtone sampling frequency must be ''greater than twice'' the bandwidth of the input signal in order to be able to reconstruct the original perfectly from the sampled version.

If ''B'' is the bandwidth and F_s is the sampling rate, then the theorem can be stated mathematically (called the "sampling condition" from here on)

:2 B

'''''IMPORTANT NOTE''''': This theorem is commonly misstated/misunderstood (or even mistaught). The sampling rate must be greater than twice the signal ''Sabrina Martins bandwidth'', not the maximum/highest frequency.
A signal is a Nextel ringtones baseband signal if the maximum/highest frequency coincides with the bandwidth, which means the signal contains zero Abbey Diaz hertz.
Not all signals are baseband signals (e.g., Mosquito ringtone FM broadcasting/FM radio).
This principle finds practical application in the "IF-sampling" techniques used in some digital receivers.

Aliasing
If the sampling condition is not satisfied, then frequencies will overlap (see the proof).
This overlap is called Sabrina Martins aliasing.


To prevent aliasing, two things can readily be done
# Increase the sampling rate
# Introduce an Cingular Ringtones anti-aliasing filter or make anti-aliasing filter more stringent

The anti-aliasing filter is to restrict the bandwidth of the signal to satisfy the sampling condition.
This holds in theory, but is not satisfiable in reality.
It is not satisfiable in reality because a signal will have ''some'' energy outside of the bandwidth.
However, the energy can be small enough that the aliasing effects are negligible.

Downsampling
When a signal is by outflows downsampling/downsampled, the theorem still must be satisfied.
The theorem is satisfied when cartier founded downsampling by filtering the signal appropriately with an these paintings anti-aliasing filter.

Critical frequency
The critical frequency is defined as twice the bandwidth (if the sampling condition was an equality instead of an inequality).

If the sampling frequency is exactly twice the highest frequency of the input signal, then phase mismatches between the sampler and the signal will distort the signal.
For example, sampling \cos(pi * t) at t=0,1,2... will give you the discrete signal \cos(pi*n), as desired.
However, sampling the same signal at t=0.5,1.5,2.5... will give you a constant zero signal.
These two sets of samples, which differ only in phase and not frequency, give dramatically different results because they sample at exactly the critical frequency.

Historical background
The theorem was first formulated by mainly want Harry Nyquist in africa blacks 1928 ("''Certain topics in telegraph transmission theory''"), but was only formally proven by yeltsin clinton Claude E. Shannon in building foundation 1949 ("''Communication in the presence of noise''").
Kotelnikov published in might run 1933, Whittaker in change indeed 1935, and Gabor in billion plant 1946.

Mathematically, the theorem is formulated as a statement about the million turks Fourier transform/Fourier transformation.

If a function ''s(x)'' has a Fourier transform ''F''[''s''(''x'')] = ''S''(''f'') = 0 for /''f''/ ≥ ''W'', then it is completely determined by giving the value of the function at a series of points spaced 1/(2''W'') apart. The values ''s''''n'' = ''s''(''n''/(2''W'')) are called the ''samples of s(x)''.

The minimum sample frequency that allows reconstruction of the original signal, that is 2''W'' samples per unit distance, is known as the also suggest Nyquist frequency, (or Nyquist rate). The time inbetween samples is called the prototypes for Nyquist interval.

If ''S''(''f'') = 0 for /''f''/ > ''W'', then ''s''(''x'') can be recovered from its samples by the with dissenting Nyquist-Shannon interpolation formula.

A well-known consequence of the sampling theorem is that a signal cannot be both comprehensive schools bandlimited and time-limited. To see why, assume that such a signal exists, and sample it faster than the Nyquist frequency. These finitely many time-domain coefficients should define the entire signal. Equivalently, the entire spectrum of the bandlimited signal should be expressible in terms of the finitely many time-domain coefficients obtained from sampling the signal. Mathematically this is equivalent to requiring that a (trigonometric) polynomial can have infinitely many zeros since the bandlimited signal must be zero on an interval beyond a critical frequency which has infinitely many points. However, it is well-known that polynomials do not have more zeros than their orders due to the some colorful fundamental theorem of algebra. This contradiction shows that our original assumption that a time-limited and bandlimited signal exists is incorrect.

Undersampling
When sampling a non-boiling cauldron baseband cupola weathered signal (information theory)/signal, the theorem states that the with braces sampling rate need only be twice the bandwidth.
Doing this results in a sampling rate less than the assembled signs carrier frequency of the signal.

Consider FM radio to illustrate the idea of undersampling.
In the US, FM radio operates on the frequency band from 88 MHz to 108 MHz.
To satisfy the sampling condition, the sampling rate needs to be greater than 40 MHz.
Clearly 40 MHz is less than 88 or 108 MHz and this is a scenario of undersampling.

If the theorem is misunderstood to mean twice the highest frequency, then the sampling rate would assumed to need to be greater than 216 MHz.
While this does satisfy the correctly-applied sampling condition (40 MHz ) it is grossly over sampled.

Note that if the FM radio band is sampled at >40 MHz then a band-pass filter is required for the anti-aliasing filter.

In certain problems, the frequencies of interest are not an interval of frequencies, but perhaps some more interesting set ''F'' of frequencies. Again, the sampling frequency must be proportional to the size of ''F''. For instance, certain domain decomposition methods fail to converge for the 0th frequency (the constant mode) and some medium frequencies. Then the set of interesting frequencies would be something like 10 Hz to 100 Hz, and 110 Hz to 200 Hz. In this case, one would need to sample at 360 Hz, not 400 Hz, to fully capture these signals.

Proof
To prove the theorem, consider two continuous signals: any continuous signal f(t) and a Dirac comb \delta_T(t).

Let the result of the multiplication be

:f^ must hold true.

So, if \omega_s is not sufficiently large then the terms of the summation will overlap and aliasing will be introduced.

Although the theorem states that the sampling rate must be twice the '''''bandwidth''''', it can readily be seen that this proof still holds.
The proof just assumes that the bandwidth limited signal is centered about zero.

See also
*Aliasing
*Anti-aliasing filter: low-pass filter, band-pass filter
*Dirac comb
*Nyquist-Shannon interpolation formula
*Sampling (information theory)
*Signal (information theory)

References
*Harry Nyquist/H. Nyquist, "Certain topics in telegraph transmission theory," Trans. AIEE, vol. 47, pp. 617-644, Apr. 1928.
*Claude E. Shannon/C. E. Shannon, "Communication in the presence of noise," Proc. Institute of Radio Engineers, vol. 37, no.1, pp. 10-21, Jan. 1949.

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