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Exponentials

The canonical form of an exponential function, as typically used in signal processing, is

where is called the time constant of the exponential. is the peak amplitude, as before. The time constant is the time it takes to decay by , i.e.,

A normalized exponential decay is depicted in Fig. 5.5.

Figure 5.5:The decaying exponential.

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Subsections

• Why Exponentials are Important
• Audio Decay Time ()

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