In this case, the electric waveform is not constrained to a sinusoidal wave, but rather to a bi-directional current with no restriction on waveform.
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In 1822, French mathematician Joseph Fourier discovered that sinusoidal waves can be used as simple building blocks to describe and approximate any periodic waveform, including square waves.
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So for the flute and other cylindrical instruments you can imagine a sinusoidal waves, but for conical instruments the wave basically peters out at the end of it.
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Fortunately, an arbitrary wave shape " f ( x " vt ) " can be decomposed into a set of sinusoidal waves using Fourier analysis.
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For simplicity assume small sinusoidal waves in a linear medium where no intermodulation of the waves occurs . talk ) 22 : 40, 19 July 2014 ( UTC)
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The particular case of a sinusoidal wave travelling in one direction is obtained by choosing either f or g to be a sinusoid, and the other to be zero, giving
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This produces a wave, the electric field vector, which oscillates in only one plane, giving rise to a classic sinusoidal wave shape as the light travels through space.
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Alternatively, if you take a snapshot of a single time, for a large range of spatial values, you will probably also see a sinusoidal wave in space as well.
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Most acoustic instruments emit complex tones containing many individual partials ( component simple tones or sinusoidal waves ), but the untrained human ear typically does not perceive those partials as separate phenomena.
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For example, it is possible to produce a more sinusoidal wave by having split-rail direct current inputs at two voltages, or positive and negative inputs with a central ground.
