FunctionPeriod

FunctionPeriod[f,x]

gives a period p of the function f over the reals such that .

FunctionPeriod[f,x,dom]

gives a period with x restricted to the domain dom.

FunctionPeriod[{f1,f2,…},{x1,x2,…},…]

gives periods {p1,p2,…} for {x1,x2,…} such that .

Details

  • A period p is taken to be zero if no period can be found.
  • Possible domains dom are Reals, Integers, and Complexes.
  • Periods over the Complexes are given in a list and can consist of one or two complex periods.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Find a period of the sine function:

Plot of two complete periods:

Find a period of a sequence:

Plot the sequence:

Find periods for multidimensional functions:

Plot the contours:

Scope  (9)

Basic Uses  (4)

Find periods over integers:

Find periods over reals:

Find periods over complexes:

Periods of functions with parameters:

Periodic Functions over the Integers  (5)

Basic periodic sequences include Mod:

Mod of a polynomial:

The function :

And in general powers of roots of unity, i.e. roots of the polynomial :

A common way to express these are :

Trigonometric functions with a rational multiple of their real period:

A function where is periodic over the reals with period and rational:

It works similarly for a function periodic over the complexes:

Any finite sum of periodic sequences is periodic:

Any finite product of periodic sequences is periodic:

Any function combination of periodic sequences is periodic:

Wolfram Research (2014), FunctionPeriod, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), FunctionPeriod, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "FunctionPeriod." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). FunctionPeriod. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_functionperiod, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FunctionPeriod}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_functionperiod, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FunctionPeriod}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FunctionPeriod.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}