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Module by: Melissa Selik, Richard Baraniuk

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Name: The Impulse Function
ID: m10059
Language: English (en)
Summary: Explains the use of the unit impulse function.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: dirac delta function, impulse, sifting property, signals
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0

Authors: Melissa Selik (mselik@alumni.rice.edu), Richard Baraniuk (richb@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Melissa Selik (mselik@alumni.rice.edu), Richard Baraniuk (richb@rice.edu), Adam Blair (ablair@alumni.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Melissa Selik (mselik@alumni.rice.edu), Richard Baraniuk (richb@rice.edu), Justin Romberg (jrom@ece.gatech.edu), Ricardo Radaelli-Sanchez (ricky@alumni.rice.edu), Mariyah Poonawala (mariyah@rice.edu), Prashant Singh (prash@ece.rice.edu), Matthew Hutchinson (mhutch@rice.edu)

Version: 2.19 (history)
Created: Jun 8, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jul 23, 2007 1:25 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.19 Jul 23, 2007 1:25 pm GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
publishing for rich, matthew, chuck

Version: 2.18 Oct 28, 2006 7:38 pm GMT-5 by Richard Baraniuk
Changes:
fixed spelling mistake

Version: 2.17 Aug 2, 2006 2:57 pm GMT-5 by Chuck Bearden
Changes:
Added LabVIEW content.  Added mhutch as a maintainer.

Version: 2.16 Jun 13, 2005 8:05 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
update to cnxml-0.5, fix typos

Version: 2.15 Dec 13, 2003 11:28 am US/Central by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
 Corrected typo.

Version: 2.14 Jul 9, 2003 2:05 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
addmaintainers

Version: 2.13 Jul 18, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Fixed typo in notation of inmpulse response (very bottom of module)

Version: 2.12 Jun 6, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added new material and expanded explanations.  Converted to v4.

Version: 2.11 May 24, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
changed varepsilon to epsi (displays nicer), changed function to fn

Version: 2.10 Jul 20, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added jrom as maintainer in database

Version: 2.9 Jul 16, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
added the vector image file

Version: 2.8 Jun 25, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
added maxs beautiful images

Version: 2.7 Jun 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
needed to rerun present

Version: 2.6 Jun 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
fixed some broken math

Version: 2.5 Jun 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
added a link to connect two modules

Version: 2.4 Jun 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
0.3.5-ified the module and fixed some of the math

Version: 2.3 Jun 19, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Uploaded images.  Removed quotes from section name.

Version: 2.2 Jun 12, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Changed keywords to match original.  Added author & maintainers.

Version: 2.1 Jun 8, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Conversion from 0.1, STILL NEEDS A LINK FIXED to Convulutions module

Version: 2.0 Jun 8, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added initial template for new module m10059

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