SquareWave
SquareWave[x]
gives a square wave that alternates between and with unit period.
SquareWave[{y1,y2},x]
gives a square wave that alternates between y1 and y2 with unit period.
Details
- SquareWave[{min,max},x] has value max for 0<x<1/2.
- SquareWave automatically threads over lists. »
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (3)
Plot over a subset of the reals:
SquareWave is a piecewise function over finite domains:
Scope (34)
Numerical Evaluation (5)
SquareWave[x] always returns an exact result:
SquareWave[{min,max},x] generally tracks the precision of {min,max}:
Evaluate efficiently at high precision:
SquareWave threads over lists in the last argument:
Compute the elementwise values of an array using automatic threading:
Or compute the matrix SquareWave function using MatrixFunction:
Specific Values (4)
Find a value of x for which the SquareWave[{2,-3},x]=2:
Visualization (4)
Plot the SquareWave function:
Visualize scaled SquareWave functions:
Visualize SquareWave functions with different maximum and minimum values:
Plot SquareWave in three dimensions:
Function Properties (11)
Function domain of SquareWave:
It is restricted to real inputs:
Function range of SquareWave[x]:
SquareWave is periodic with period 1:
SquareWave is an odd function:
The area under one period is zero:
SquareWave is not an analytic function:
It has both singularities and discontinuities on the integers:
SquareWave[x] is neither nondecreasing nor nonincreasing:
SquareWave is not injective:
SquareWave[x] is not surjective:
SquareWave[x] is neither non-negative nor non-positive:
SquareWave is neither convex nor concave:
Differentiation and Integration (5)
First derivative with respect to :
Derivative of the two-argument form with respect to :
If a==b, SquareWave[{a,b},x] is constant and its derivatives are zero everywhere:
Compute the indefinite integral using Integrate:
Series Expansions (5)
Since SquareWave is odd, FourierTrigSeries gives a simpler result:
The two results are equivalent:
FourierCosSeries of a scaled SquareWave:
Taylor series at a smooth point:
Applications (2)
Properties & Relations (4)
Use FunctionExpand to expand SquareWave in terms of elementary functions:
Use PiecewiseExpand to obtain a piecewise representation:
Compute a finite number of Fourier coefficients:
Use a FourierCoefficient directly:
Possible Issues (2)
SquareWave is only defined on real numbers:
SquareWave[x] is upper semicontinuous but not lower semicontinuous at the origin:
This differs from TriangleWave[x], which is both upper and lower semicontinuous, and thus continuous:
As well as SawtoothWave[x], which is only lower semicontinuous:
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), SquareWave, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SquareWave.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "SquareWave." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SquareWave.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). SquareWave. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SquareWave.html