Dirac's Delta Function

• Dirac's Delta Function
00:00 What is the delta function good for?
02:09 Delta function graphically
02:21 Integral of the delta function at the origin
03:08 Shifted delta function
03:41 Integral of the shifted delta function
04:33 Delta function is symmetric (even)
05:44 Delta function with a factor
06:38 Examples
07:52 Three-dimensional delta function
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I'm extremely grateful I came across this video. The level of clarity in this video is insane! Thanks man, you're amazing.

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The best demonstration of Dirac Delta Function on the net. Very Nice.

[@adhele9181]

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[@aishmurali7660]

Possibly the best explanation for the Dirac delta function that you can find. Thank you for your hard work.

[@arpg3910]

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So beautifully explained and visualized❤️

[@andresquesnel1350]

What an amazing explanation! Thank you!

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[@SelfProclaimedHuman]

Great video. Clearly explained. Thanks.

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[@Helkrug]

i never comment but this video is amazing universaldenker. thank you so much.

[@douglasstrother6584]

I like your definition of δ(0) = 1, as it highlights the δ-function's role as a filter.

[@rauldurand]

This actually is undefined..

[@douglasstrother6584]

@@rauldurand The Dirac Delta Function is always a pointed subject!

[@Ruktiet]

The delta function is not a function between real numbers, but a construct only to be used as a limit expression of the functional defined by various models for an approximation of this delta function with the pertinent function being integrated alongside with it.

[@muhammadijasm3793]

Quality animation with superb explanation!

[@fufaev-alexander]

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[@douglasstrother6584]

There's a detailed discussion on the Delta Function in Ch. 2 of "Green's Functions with Applications" by Dean G. Duffy.

[@RadoslavFicko]

The Dirac distribution is the Fourier transform of unity and a special case of convolution, where A*f=g, g(x)=d(x-y). f(y)dy , if we imagine the gravitational interaction as a function of g(x) and the electromagnetic interaction as a function of f(y), then these forces (i.e. the lines of force) only interact when x is equal to y ( the Dirac impulse).

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Great video!

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[@tayebtchikou1646]

Thank you very much for the most obvious explanation, but what is the intuition of the integral of the product of a function and Dirac distribution? I mean what does such integral express, mathematically and physically?

[@panterplatinum]

Love it!

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Wow.. so helpful

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[@smabtahi7905]

The definition of Dirac delta in this video is wrong. Ali Grami, in Introduction to Digital Communications, 2016 3.5.9 Dirac Delta or Unit Impulse Function The Dirac delta or unit impulse function is a singularity function, and defined mathematically to provide a very useful tool for representing a physical phenomenon that occurs in an extremely short period of time, which is too short to be measured, and with an extremely large amplitude. It is an even function and the total area under it is unity. The Dirac delta or unit impulse function δ(t) is defined by having zero amplitude everywhere except at t=0 where it is infinitely large (unbounded).

[@TheLethalDomain]

It is a generalization of a function, in this case a functional. The mapping that relates variables for a functional is not necessarily the same as a traditional function (although your comment hints that you understand it isn't a standard function), so it's not fair to call his definition "wrong" if you're not specifying this difference of mapping between a standard function and another definition that generalizes functions to functionals. You're arguing against convention rather than utility at that point. Neither of you are wrong. You can certainly argue that a function is just a limiting case of a functional over a given vector space, but when most people talk about functionals they are referring to a mapping of a vector space V over a field F onto a field F (a function with a function as the input). A traditional function is the limiting case where the input itself is constant.

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[@theunknownscientist3249]

Since I never saw it discussed, I must protest against the fact that f(x)δ(x)=f(0)δ(x). What I mean is, this property is true, but it is also true for every a in the domain of f. That is f(x)δ(x)=f(a)δ(x) for every constant a we want, it doesn't have to be 0. Also f(x)δ(x)=δ(x), since at x=0, we have infinity=infinity, while at x different from 0, we'll have 0=0. So these functions are all equal. And so, it would follow that the integral of f(x)δ(x) with the property that the integral of δ(x) is 1, is any value of f we want, and that's utter non-sense. Would you care to explain how am I wrong here? I found 0 exaplanations regarding this obvious inconsistency.

[@endersteph]

The way I personally like to think of the delta function is δ(x) = 1/dx if x = 0, and δ(x) = 0 otherwise. That way, if you do the integral ∫ f(x)δ(x − a)dx over ℝ, you first integrate over ℝ\{a}, and since for all x in ℝ different than a, δ(x − a) = 0, you get 0 for that whole portion of the integral. What's left to integrate over is the singleton {a}. Summing over a single element is like getting rid of the integral sign and simply plugging-in x = a. So in the end we have f(a)δ(0)dx = f(a)dx/dx = f(a).

[@yhiu1106]

consider the functions g, h defined by : g(x) = f(x)δ(x) h(x) = f(a)δ(x) for any a fixed and f a random function if those are equal then their integral from -∞ to +∞ must be too so ∫f(x)δ(x)dx = f(a)∫δ(x)dx so f(0) = f(a) which is absurd as we chose f any function unless a=0. We can do the same to disprove f(x)δ(x) = δ(x) By integrating we get f(0) = 1 for any function f

[@mcdonldtrump260]

at ur examples 7:40, dont u have to integrate first before u set in your value. I mean cos x integrated is sinx and then u place pi inside right?=

[@BaronOfTeive]

No, you don't, because the integral sign is actually an abuse of notation. What you do is not an integral operation but the application of a functional to a test function.

[@aks8953]

Still dont quite understand why shifitng in positive x direction, the delat function become delta(x-x0) why the -ve i never understand that

[@fufaev-alexander]

This is not only true for the delta function! Any function f(x) shifts to the positive x-direction, if you subtract x0 from the argument: f(x-x0). And if you add x0 to the argument, f(x+x0), then the function shifts to the negative x-direction. Plot the quadratic functions f(x) = x^2 and f(x-x0) = (x-x0)^2 then you will see that f(x-x0) = (x-x0)^2 is shifted to the positive direction. Feel free to join the polls I'm doing in the community tab. There you can vote for the next video topic: kzbin.infocommunity If you regularly visit my channel and like my videos, I would be happy about 1 x coffee ☕ per month: kzbin.infojoin

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