Quasiperiodic function

In mathematics, a quasiperiodic function is a function that has a certain similarity to a periodic function. A function is quasiperiodic with quasiperiod if , where is a "simpler" function than . What it means to be "simpler" is vague.

The function f(x)=x/+sin(x) satisfies the equation f(x+2π)=f(x)+1, and is hence arithmetic quasiperiodic.

A simple case (sometimes called arithmetic quasiperiodic) is if the function obeys the equation:

Another case (sometimes called geometric quasiperiodic) is if the function obeys the equation:

An example of this is the Jacobi theta function, where

shows that for fixed it has quasiperiod ; it also is periodic with period one. Another example is provided by the Weierstrass sigma function, which is quasiperiodic in two independent quasiperiods, the periods of the corresponding Weierstrass function.

Functions with an additive functional equation

are also called quasiperiodic. An example of this is the Weierstrass zeta function, where

for a z-independent η when ω is a period of the corresponding Weierstrass function.

In the special case where we say f is periodic with period ω in the period lattice .

Quasiperiodic signals

Quasiperiodic signals in the sense of audio processing are not quasiperiodic functions in the sense defined here; instead they have the nature of almost periodic functions and that article should be consulted. The more vague and general notion of quasiperiodicity has even less to do with quasiperiodic functions in the mathematical sense.

A useful example is the function:

If the ratio A/B is rational, this will have a true period, but if A/B is irrational there is no true period, but a succession of increasingly accurate "almost" periods.

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