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MENTAL MODEL · M4613

Nyquist Rate

Nyquist Rate
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

To faithfully reconstruct an analog signal without distortion, the sampling frequency must be at least twice the highest frequency present in the signal.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Set the minimum frequency for acquiring information. If you want to monitor a rapidly changing project (such as public opinion changing every hour), and your checking frequency (sampling rate) is less than twice its rate of change, the information you obtain will be completely distorted (aliasing). To see the truth, you must run at least twice as fast as the truth changes.

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Sampling theorem: To reconstruct a continuous signal from its samples without distortion, the sampling frequency must be at least twice the highest frequency of the signal; this minimum sampling rate is the Nyquist rate. The mechanism is to avoid spectral aliasing.

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