PHY354H1 Lecture Notes - Angular Frequency, Carrier Wave, Abraham De Moivre

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Think about a particle that is moving along the x axis according to x(t) = a cos( t + ), where. A > 0, , and are real. We can think of this x(t) as the real part of a complex function that can be written in exponential form: = are{cos( t + ) + i sin( t + )} (imaginary component chosen strategically) De moivre thm. x(t) = a cos( t + ) (cid:110) ei( t+ )(cid:111) (cid:110) Writing x(t) in this way has a lot of advantages. First, in many cases it makes it easy to calculate time derivatives and therfore calculate velocity and acceleration. If x(t) = re{z}, then v = x = re{ z}, and a = re{ z}. If z = aei( t+ ), then z = i z and z = 2z. A sin( t + ) and a = 2a cos( t + ).

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