6 ELECTRIC DISCHARGE, WAVE® AND
the second case, of current i', at the moment t\; that wt from /
onward, curve £ is the same OB curvo i' from time k onward Kiuco

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0 t,
Fig, 4. —- Curvo of Bimpk Transient: Decay of Cumrnt.
if is proportional to it from any point t onward eurvo i i« proper-
tional to the same curve i from t\ onward* At tima it, it m

' • But since 37 and i* at t\ are the same an -r and i at time lf it
Cwi u5
follows:
di dti i
or,
'where c = — T --K « constant, and the minus is iu
•'I Wv
di . ,.
^ is negative.
As in Fig, 4:
tan^«~«l»
i — 1 ^ — taji(j> JL^ t