Fourier transform

noun

Etymology

Named after French mathematician and physicist Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, who initiated the study of what is now harmonic analysis.

Definitions

  1. A particular integral transform that when applied to a function of time (such as a…

    A particular integral transform that when applied to a function of time (such as a signal), converts the function to one that plots the original function's frequency composition; the resultant function of such a conversion.

    • Fourier transforms are not limited to acting on functions of time, but the domain of the original function is commonly called the time domain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Fourier transform. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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