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What Is the Fourier Transform?

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474 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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teleforce ◴[05 Sep 25 01:14 UTC] No.45134076[source]▶
>one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics

Underpins much of mathematics, science and engineering

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1. anyfoo ◴[05 Sep 25 01:22 UTC] No.45134134[source]▶
That is a very true comment. Electrical Engineering for example would be nothing without Laplace (which is more or less an even more general Fourier).