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        The <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SincFunction.html" target="_top">Sinus Cardinal
        family of functions</a> (indexed by the family of indices <code class="literal">a
        &gt; 0</code>) is defined by
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        it sees heavy use in signal processing tasks.
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        By analogy, the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SinhcFunction.htm" target="_top">Hyperbolic
        Sinus Cardinal</a> family of functions (also indexed by the family of
        indices <code class="literal">a &gt; 0</code>) is defined by
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        These two families of functions are composed of entire functions.
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        These functions (<a class="link" href="sinc_pi.html" title="sinc_pi">sinc_pi</a>
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          <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Sinus Cardinal of index pi (purple) and
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