GTAN

Purpose:

Generates a tangent series in accordance with the specified parameters.

Syntax:

GTAN(length, spacing, frequency, phase)

length	-	An integer, the length of the output series.
spacing	-	A real, the spacing (delta x) between each point on the x-axis.
frequency	-	Optional. A real, the frequency specified in cycles per second (Hertz). Defaults to 1.
phase	-	Optional. A real, the phase specified in radians. Defaults to 0.

Returns:

A series.

Example:

gtan(100, 0.1, 2, 5)

creates a tangent series of 100 points spaced 0.1 x-units apart resulting in 20 cycles in the series. The series is also be shifted by five x-units (the offset value) on the x-axis, and compressed by a factor of 2.

Example:

gtan(1000, 1/1000, 2)

generates 1000 samples of a 2 Hz tangent sampled at 1000 samples/sec.

Remarks:

The formula used to generate each point, n, in the series is as follows:

y[n] = TAN(2π • frequency • spacing • (n-1) + phase)

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