Abstract: The Fourier transform decomposes a function into frequencies, and it is a powerful tool in analysis: it "maps" convolutions into multiplications, and derivatives into polynomials. When ...
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, ...
In less than 100 seconds, Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb of the University of Cambridge in the UK provides a basic definition of a Fourier transform. She explains how this mathematical tool was introduced ...