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ShamShoon
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Hello there,
In the book "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits" by Alexander/Sadiku,
the text says that "A loop is said to be independent if it contains at
least one branch which is not part of any other independent loop", I
find this definition misleading, since in the example on the previous
page there's a circuit that has a voltage source and a resistance in
series and those in parallel with a resistor, in parallel with another
resistor, and then in parallel with a current source.
If we apply the definition to the current source and voltage source, we
get two independent loops one on the right and one on the left, however
the middle loop shares its two elements (the two parallel resistors),
with both loops, yet it's still independent, which shows that the
definition is not accurate. I found it hard to find a definition of an
independent loop.
Any ideas? Am i missing something?
In the book "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits" by Alexander/Sadiku,
the text says that "A loop is said to be independent if it contains at
least one branch which is not part of any other independent loop", I
find this definition misleading, since in the example on the previous
page there's a circuit that has a voltage source and a resistance in
series and those in parallel with a resistor, in parallel with another
resistor, and then in parallel with a current source.
If we apply the definition to the current source and voltage source, we
get two independent loops one on the right and one on the left, however
the middle loop shares its two elements (the two parallel resistors),
with both loops, yet it's still independent, which shows that the
definition is not accurate. I found it hard to find a definition of an
independent loop.
Any ideas? Am i missing something?