Aperiodic vs Quasiperiodic - What's the difference?
aperiodic | quasiperiodic |
That does not recur periodically
(physics) That does not have a periodic vibration
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) for which any return to it may occur at irregular times; not periodic.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
