An Explicit Form of Signum Function

In this paper, the author derives an analytical exact form of signum function, which evidently constitutes a fundamental concept of Communication Systems and Control Theory along with digital control systems and is also involved in many other fields of applied mathematics and engineering practices....

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Main Author: John Venetis
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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description In this paper, the author derives an analytical exact form of signum function, which evidently constitutes a fundamental concept of Communication Systems and Control Theory along with digital control systems and is also involved in many other fields of applied mathematics and engineering practices. In particular, this significant function is performed in a simple manner as a finite combination of purely algebraic representations. The novelty of this work when compared to other analytical expressions of this nonlinear function is that the proposed explicit representation is not performed in terms of miscellaneous special functions, such as Bessel functions, error function, and beta function, and also is neither the limit of a function nor the limit of a sequence of functions with a point-wise or uniform convergence.
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spelling doaj-art-efe59cd74a60422aa52617886d307c142025-08-20T02:10:56ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902024-10-011220324610.3390/math12203246An Explicit Form of Signum FunctionJohn Venetis0Section of Mechanics, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, 15773 Athens, GreeceIn this paper, the author derives an analytical exact form of signum function, which evidently constitutes a fundamental concept of Communication Systems and Control Theory along with digital control systems and is also involved in many other fields of applied mathematics and engineering practices. In particular, this significant function is performed in a simple manner as a finite combination of purely algebraic representations. The novelty of this work when compared to other analytical expressions of this nonlinear function is that the proposed explicit representation is not performed in terms of miscellaneous special functions, such as Bessel functions, error function, and beta function, and also is neither the limit of a function nor the limit of a sequence of functions with a point-wise or uniform convergence.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/20/3246signum functionanalytical expressiontangent functionirrational quantityinteger part of real variable
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An Explicit Form of Signum Function
Mathematics
signum function
analytical expression
tangent function
irrational quantity
integer part of real variable
title An Explicit Form of Signum Function
title_full An Explicit Form of Signum Function
title_fullStr An Explicit Form of Signum Function
title_full_unstemmed An Explicit Form of Signum Function
title_short An Explicit Form of Signum Function
title_sort explicit form of signum function
topic signum function
analytical expression
tangent function
irrational quantity
integer part of real variable
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