Re: finding periodicity in a set
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- Subject: [mg39274] Re: finding periodicity in a set
- From: Scott A Centoni <scentoni at stanford.edu>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 03:07:57 -0500 (EST)
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Thanks for the responses! (Particularly from Matt Flax.) I see now
that my sample fake data set is misleading, I should have specified it
as
xlist = 0.202 + 1.618 Table[0.001 Random[] +
Random[Integer,{3,17}],{100}]
to make it crystal clear that no correlation between successive items in
the list is implied and that the order is completely irrelevant.
Scott A Centoni wrote:
>
> I have a list of coordinates where I want to find the period and offset
> (modulo the period). To illustrate, let's create the fake data set
>
> xlist = 0.202+1.618(0.001 Random[ ] + Range[3, 17])
>
> I want a function that will return
>
> periodicity[xlist]
>
> {1.618,0.202}
>
> _pace_ an error in the third decimal place. Note that the order of the
> data in the list is irrelevant; it's to be considered a set, not a vector.
>
> My first thought is to turn this into a sum of delta functions
>
> xfunc = Plus@@(DiracDelta[x-#]&/@xlist)
>
> and then Fourier transform this
>
> kfunc = FourierTransform[xfunc,x,k]
>
> and find the first nontrivial peak. Does someone have a better way? Or
> if not, what's the "best" way of locating the peak?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott