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What Is the Fourier Transform?

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474 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.466s | source
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hbarka ◴[05 Sep 25 00:08 UTC] No.45133656[source]▶
Isn’t the Fourier series fundamentals generally a required course in undergraduate college EE field?
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1. dotnet00 ◴[05 Sep 25 01:32 UTC] No.45134180[source]▶
Yes, but how many software engineers remember any of that? Most aren't using it.
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2. Joel_Mckay ◴[05 Sep 25 04:12 UTC] No.45134917[source]▶
Indeed, because a Golomb ruler optimized DFT is performant... and thus actually useful. lol =3