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Fourier analysis
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A field of study concerned with the representation or approximation of general functions, such as arbitrary waveforms, by sums of trigonometric functions.
- 2 analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components wordnet
Etymology
After French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), a pioneer of the field.
See also for "fourier analysis"
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