File:Convolution of box signal with itself.gif
Summary
Matlab Code used to create this animation
%% Create folding of two rectangular impulses
X=-2.8:0.001:2.8;
F1=zeros(size(X)); F1(abs(X)<=0.5) = 1;
F2=zeros(size(X)); F2(abs(X)<=0.5) = 1;
clf
[tmp zero_offset] = min(abs(X));
!rm -f /tmp/conv_box_box*.png
integral=nan(size(X));
for offset_i=1:numel(X)
offset=X(offset_i);
shift=offset_i-zero_offset;
F2_shifted = circshift(F2, [1 shift]);
F2_shifted(1:min(shift, numel(X))) = 0;
F2_shifted(end+shift:end) = 0;
product = F2_shifted.*F1;
integral(offset_i) = sum(product)/numel(X)*(X(end)-X(1));
if (mod(offset_i, 20)==0)
area(X, product, 'facecolor', 'yellow');
hold on
plot(X, F1, 'b', X, F2_shifted, 'r', X, integral, 'k', [offset offset], [0 2], 'k:')
hold off
axis([-2 2 0 1.1])
xlabel('t');
grid on
legend('Area under f(t)g(t)', 'f(t)', 'g(t)', '(f*g)(t)');
axis equal
drawnow
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto')
print('-dpng', '-r72', '-painters', sprintf('/tmp/conv_box_box_%06d.png', offset_i));
end
end
Image Magicks convert commandline to create the gif:
convert -delay 5 -loop 0 conv_box_box_*.png conv_box_box.gif
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