10.1b Wavelet intro labs

Source: Lab ideas from Computational Physics (Landau, Páez, Bordeianu), §10.1. Original drills. Continues 10.1.

Explorer

Pure Python. No NumPy.

Formula refresh

Warm up: pick the matching equation among lookalikes (same walk as the theory lesson).

Labs

Activity: $y(0.25)$

For the piecewise signal (10.1), print $y(0.25)$ with 10 decimals.

No input.

Write-ups

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10.1b.W1

Using “time”, “frequency”, and “fourier”, explain:

In one sentence, what do wavelets add beyond a global DFT for signal (10.1)?

Minimum 3 words. Your answer must include: “time”, “frequency”, “fourier”.

0 words/ 3 min

Meet the writing requirements, then you can open the model answer.

Next: 10.2 Wave packets and uncertainty.