An explanation of the Fourier transform, the mathematical technique behind much of what your devices are doing and a key to quantum mechanics.
What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine
Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.
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