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Correlation
Definition: The correlation operator for two signals and in is defined as
We may interpret the correlation operator as
which is the coefficient of projection onto of advanced by samples (shifted circularly to the left by samples). The time shift is called the correlation lag, and is called a lagged product. Applications of correlation are discussed in §8.8.