Does not have any harmonics

[Richard Henry]

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On Jan 2, 8:58 am, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
Why does a sinusoidal waveform alone does not have any harmonics or
distortion ?

For example, (Reference ->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveform),
Sawtooth wave of constant period contains odd and even harmonics
Square wave of constant period contains odd harmonics
Triangle wave, (an integral of square wave) contains odd harmonics

But, How is it possible that sinusoidal wave alone does not have any
harmonics or distortion ?
I searched the internet,but i did not find any link/pdf that talks in
detail about these .
Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru


simple answer.. saw and square waves are made up of hundreds of sine
waves.. sine
wave is made up of one.

Hundreds?

 

On Jan 2, 8:58 am, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi,
Why does a sinusoidal waveform alone does not have any harmonics or
distortion ?

For example, (Reference ->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveform),
Sawtooth wave of constant period contains odd and even harmonics
Square wave of constant period contains odd harmonics
Triangle wave, (an integral of square wave) contains odd harmonics

But, How is it possible that sinusoidal wave alone does not have any
harmonics or distortion ?
I searched the internet,but i did not find any link/pdf that talks in
detail about these .
Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

simple answer.. saw and square waves are made up of hundreds of sine
waves.. sine wave is made up of one.