- "(2*pi*f0*t)" interpreted by MATLAB as ((2*pi)*f0)*t
- "2*pi*(f0*t)" interpreted by MATLAB as (2*pi)*(f0*t)
How parentheses effects multiplication with pi ?
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Hi,
I am trying to generate sine wave. I am usning following two code lines. But they are slightly different (about e-15). Why is it happenning ? What is the differences of two lines;
f0=5e2;
fs=500e2;
len=3e3;
dt=1/fs;
t=0:dt:(len-1);
sing1= sin (2*pi*f0*t);
sing2= sin(2*pi*(f0*t));
isequal(sing1,sing2)
Thanks for your help,
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Bruno Luong
on 5 Aug 2020
Edited: Bruno Luong
on 5 Aug 2020
From wikipedia
"While floating-point addition and multiplication are both commutative (a + b = b + a and a × b = b × a), they are not necessarily associative. That is, (a + b) + c is not necessarily equal to a + (b + c). ... "
As floating-point multiplication is NOT ASSOCIATIVE, both results might be different.
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Bruno Luong
on 5 Aug 2020
Sometime this non-associativity is a real headeach, such as finding a limits of a sign- alternate series by partial sum, or integral of an oscillated signal (any wave propagation SW might encounters this). There is a real challenge to know what really the limits and the order of the sum can make the result change widely.
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madhan ravi
on 4 Aug 2020
In the first the order of operation is from left to right.
In the second the order of operation is inside the parenthesis and then the outer.
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