% Random linear combinations of harmonic functions a = (0:(pi/100):(2*pi)); x = zeros(1,length(a)); for i = 1:10 x = x+((rand-.5)/i^2)*cos(i*a)+((rand-.5)/i^2)*sin(i*a); end, plot(x) % Combining sine and cosine creates a cosine shifted in phase. plot(cos(a)+sin(a)) plot(.5*cos(a)+sin(a)) % Another example A = []; for i = 1:2:21 A = [A;sum(sin(i*a).*x)*sin(i*a)]; end for i = 1:11 plot(A(i,:)); axis([0 201 -100 100]); keyboard; end dbcont plot(sum(A)) s = [zeros(1,100), ones(1,100)]; plot(s) I = s + .25*randn(1,200); plot(I); plot(I(2:200) - I(1:199)) sig = 2.5; a = -100:1:99; G = exp( (- a.^2)/ (2*sig*sig))/(sig*(sqrt(2*pi))); plot(G) GI = conv(G,I); GI = GI(150:250); plot(GI) plot(GI(3:100) - GI(1:98)) % Why is subtracting GI shifted from GI the same as filtering GI with % [-1 0 1]? % Filtering is associative. GD = G(3:200) - G(1:198); plot(GD) GDI = conv(GD,I); plot(GDI(150:250)) figure plot(GI(3:100) - GI(1:98))