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Validity of Complex Representation

This document discusses representing real-valued sinusoidal functions using complex exponentials. It notes that a real sinusoid can be represented as the sum of two complex exponentials using Euler's formula. Analyzing the behavior of the complex exponential terms allows determining the behavior of the original sinusoid using the principle of superposition. The results for the two complex terms will be identical due to symmetry, so only one term needs to be analyzed.

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Validity of Complex Representation

This document discusses representing real-valued sinusoidal functions using complex exponentials. It notes that a real sinusoid can be represented as the sum of two complex exponentials using Euler's formula. Analyzing the behavior of the complex exponential terms allows determining the behavior of the original sinusoid using the principle of superposition. The results for the two complex terms will be identical due to symmetry, so only one term needs to be analyzed.

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Validity of complex representation[edit source | editbeta]

This representation using complex exponentials may be justified by noting that (by Euler's formula):

The real-valued sinusoidal function representing either voltage or current may be broken into two complex-valued functions. By the principle of superposition, we may analyse the behaviour of the sinusoid on the left-hand side by analysing the behaviour of the two complex terms on the right-hand side. Given the symmetry, we only need to perform the analysis for one right-hand term; the results will be identical for the other. At the end of any calculation, we may return to real-valued sinusoids by further noting that

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