The theorem that states that an analog signal waveform may be uniquely and precisely reconstructed from samples taken of the waveform at equal time intervals, provided the sampling rate is equal to, or greater than, twice the highest significant frequency in the analog signal. Synonym sampling theorem. See also analog signal, frequency, Nyquist criterion, Nyquist interval, Nyquist sampling rate, sampling rate, sampling signal, sampling time, signal sample, signal sampling, waveform
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Weik, M.H. (2000). Nyquist theorem. In: Computer Science and Communications Dictionary. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0613-6_12654
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