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31 The <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SincFunction.html" target="_top">Sinus Cardinal
32 family of functions</a> (indexed by the family of indices <code class="literal">a
33 > 0</code>) is defined by
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40 it sees heavy use in signal processing tasks.
43 By analogy, the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SinhcFunction.htm" target="_top">Hyperbolic
44 Sinus Cardinal</a> family of functions (also indexed by the family of
45 indices <code class="literal">a > 0</code>) is defined by
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52 These two families of functions are composed of entire functions.
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62 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Sinus Cardinal of index pi (purple) and
63 Hyperbolic Sinus Cardinal of index pi (red) on R</strong></span></em></span>
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