Complex Conjugation in the Continuous Time

[EngWiPy]

Hello all,

I have a continuous time signal v(t), and mathematically I want to take the complex conjugation of it for processing purposes, but I am not sure if this is physically correct. Is it?

Thanks

 

[dauto]

Is v a complex variable?

 

[EngWiPy]

Is v a complex variable?

Its discrete time samples are, but I want to take the conjugation before sampling. Is it correct physically speaking?

 

[DrGreg]

All you've told us is that you have some complex numbers. Whether or not any operation on those numbers is "physically correct" will depend on what those numbers represent.

 

[EngWiPy]

All you've told us is that you have some complex numbers. Whether or not any operation on those numbers is "physically correct" will depend on what those numbers represent.

I have some complex numbers which are modulated into a continuous sinusoidal signal. Usually, these numbers are recovered by demodulation of the noise-free signal. I want to know if taking complex conjugation of a continuous time signal, like a sinusoidal signal, is possible in reality.