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   whit3rd to Behzat Sahin   
   Re: Rayleigh vs. Nyquist   
   16 Dec 17 03:45:20   
   
   From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 11:36:36 AM UTC-8, Behzat Sahin wrote:   
      
   > Both Rayleigh Limit and Nyquist Rate are so 20th century.. They are   
   basically hard limits for differentiation between two close entities (in time   
   or space).   
      
   The Rayleigh limit is only correct for very low signal/noise ratios, Shannon's   
   theorem   
   supersedes it (so resolving doublets an order of magnitude closer than Rayleigh   
   limit is quite possible).   Nyquist is only a discrete-transform theorem, the   
   uncertainty principles of quantum mechanics have broader coverage of   
   resolution limitations.   
      
   FFT and commutator mathematics are, indeed, 'so 20th century'.   
      
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