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Correlation
Definition: The correlation operator for two signalsand
in
is defined as
We may interpret the correlation operator as
which is the coefficient of projection ontoof
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.