In theory, the influence of the exponential DC component on the fundamental wave component with random decay time constant can be completely eliminated with the algorithm.

理论上新算法可以消除任意衰减时间常数的直流分量对所求各次谐波分量的影响。

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But that assumption was challenged in an unexpected way by a group of researchers from Purdue University who at the time were more interested in random Numbers than nuclear decay.

但是普渡大学的一组研究者用意想不到的方式挑战了衰变速率恒定这个假设。相比于原子核衰变，他们对随机数更感兴趣。

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A lump of radioactive cesium-137, for example, may decay at a steady rate overall, but individual atoms within the lump will decay in an unpredictable, random pattern.

一团放射性铯137，整体以恒定的速率衰变，但是其内部单个原子的衰变是一种不可预测的随机模式。

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The team of physicists was investigating the possibility of using radioactive decay rates to generate random numbers, since the rate is constant but the emission of individual atoms is unpredictable, it seemed like a perfect fit.

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