From 16555851b6514a736c5c9d8e73de7da7fc9b6288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prefetch Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:25:31 +0200 Subject: Migrate from 'jekyll-katex' to 'kramdown-math-sskatex' --- .../know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md | 33 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function') diff --git a/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md b/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md index 1933037..15d1729 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ categories: layout: "concept" --- -The **Heaviside step function** $\Theta(t)$, +The **Heaviside step function** $$\Theta(t)$$, is a discontinuous function used for enforcing causality -or for representing a signal switched on at $t = 0$. +or for representing a signal switched on at $$t = 0$$. It is defined as: $$\begin{aligned} @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ $$\begin{aligned} } \end{aligned}$$ -The value of $\Theta(t \!=\! 0)$ varies between definitions; -common choices are $0$, $1$ and $1/2$. +The value of $$\Theta(t \!=\! 0)$$ varies between definitions; +common choices are $$0$$, $$1$$ and $$1/2$$. In practice, this rarely matters, and some authors even change their definition on the fly for convenience. -For physicists, $\Theta(0) = 1$ is generally best, such that: +For physicists, $$\Theta(0) = 1$$ is generally best, such that: $$\begin{aligned} \boxed{ @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned} } \end{aligned}$$ -Unsurprisingly, the first-order derivative of $\Theta(t)$ is +Unsurprisingly, the first-order derivative of $$\Theta(t)$$ is the [Dirac delta function](/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/): $$\begin{aligned} @@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ $$\begin{aligned} \end{aligned}$$ The [Fourier transform](/know/concept/fourier-transform/) -of $\Theta(t)$ is as follows, -where $\pv{}$ is the Cauchy principal value, -$A$ and $s$ are constants from the FT's definition, -and $\mathrm{sgn}$ is the signum function: +of $$\Theta(t)$$ is as follows, +where $$\pv{}$$ is the Cauchy principal value, +$$A$$ and $$s$$ are constants from the FT's definition, +and $$\mathrm{sgn}$$ is the signum function: $$\begin{aligned} \boxed{ @@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ $$\begin{aligned}