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Sawtooth wave

A sawtooth wave is a [waveform] exhibiting periods with a ramp down (or up) followed by an immediate jump back up (or down).

The [spectrum] of a sawtooth wave consists of all [harmonic]s in the [harmonic series]. The [amplitude] of the $n$th harmonic can be given as $\frac{1}{n}$.

Sawtooth wave in the time domain

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