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What Is the Fourier Transform?

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schlauerfox ◴[] No.45140201[source]
All these comments and no Steinmetz mention. The original papers he wrote applying the transforms to electrical engineering work are so genius and simplifying for the craft, and he's such a nicer person for one of the founders of the field of EE. Also the origin of that old story about $10 for hitting the machine with a hammer $9990 knowing where to hit it, from what I can gather.
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1. IAmBroom ◴[] No.45140840[source]
Steinmetz is an unsung hero of tech, except to well-educated EE's.

Was he a dwarf or a hunchback? I seem to recall a physical setback.