Dirac comb
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after English physicist Paul Dirac. The functions, when plotted visually, resemble the teeth of a comb.
Noun
[edit]Dirac comb (plural Dirac combs)
- (mathematics) A periodic tempered distribution constructed from Dirac delta functions for some given period. It allows both continuous and discrete phenomena to be represented in a single framework.