| Issue |
EPL
Volume 85, Number 4, February 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 40005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/85/40005 | |
| Published online | 04 March 2009 | |
Ramanujan sums analysis of long-period sequences and 1/f noise
1
Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS - 32 Avenue de l'Observatoire, F-25044 Besançon, France, EU
2
Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences - SK-05960 Tatranská Lomnica, Slovak Republic, EU
Corresponding authors: planat@femto-st.fr milanmin@ta3.sk msaniga@ta3.sk
Received:
11
December
2008
Accepted:
30
January
2009
Ramanujan sums are exponential sums with exponent defined over the irreducible
fractions. Until now, they have been used to provide converging expansions to some arithmetical
functions appearing in the context of number theory. In this paper, we provide an application
of Ramanujan sum expansions to periodic, quasi-periodic and complex time series, as a
vital alternative to the Fourier transform. The Ramanujan-Fourier spectrum of the Dow
Jones index over 13 years and of the coronal index of solar activity over 69 years are
taken as illustrative examples. Distinct long periods may be discriminated in place of the
spectra of the Fourier
transform.
PACS: 02.10.De – Algebraic structures and number theory / 05.45.Tp – Time series analysis / 89.20.-a – Interdisciplinary applications of physics
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