The Powerful Fourier Transform #math #science

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The Fourier transform is a fundamental mathematical tool that breaks complex waveforms into their basic frequency components. Widely used in science and engineering, it underpins technologies from JPEG image compression to MRI scans. --------- - VISIT our website: https://www.quantamagazine.org - LIKE us on Facebook: / quantanews - FOLLOW us Twitter: / quantamagazine Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation: https://www.simonsfoundation.org

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