Periodic function

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We say that a single-variable function $f$ is periodic with period $p$ if for all $x$, $f(x + p) = f(x)$. The most common examples of periodic functions are the trigonometric functions, such as sine and cosine (and their reciprocal functions cosecant and secant, respectively), which are periodic with period $2\pi$.

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