For CT, two basic things:
- As you increase the frequency (
ω₀
), the sinusoidal oscillation gets faster and faster, and each different frequency produces a unique signal. There’s no ambiguity. - e^(jω₀t) is periodic for any value of ω₀. No matter what frequency you choose for a continuous-time complex exponential, it will always be periodic.
for DT, the first point is different: aliasing in discrete time Periodicity check for CT and DT