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Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 1 decade ago

what is a Sinusoidal Wave?

Hello everyone

can any one please give me some information about the Sinusoidal Wave and Graphical and Mathematical Representations of Sinusoidal Waveforms

thanks

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    The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It occurs often in pure mathematics, as well as physics, signal processing, electrical engineering and many other fields. Its most basic form as a function of time (t) is:

    y(t) = A sin(ωt + φ)

    where:

    A, the amplitude, is the peak deviation of the function from its center position.

    ω, the angular frequency, specifies how many oscillations occur in a unit time interval, in radians per second

    φ, the phase, specifies where in its cycle the oscillation begins at t = 0.

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