The Art of Mathematics
The Art of Mathematics
Carol Jacoby
Fourier Analysis: It's Not Just for Differential Equations
18 minutes Posted Apr 26, 2023 at 8:50 pm.
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Joseph Bennish returns to dig into the math behind the Fourier Analysis we discussed last time. Specifically, it allows us to express any function in terms of sines and cosines. Fourier analysis appears in nature--our eyes and ears do it. It's used to study the distribution of primes, build JPEG files, read the structure of complicated molecules and more.