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noun
A field of study concerned with the representation or approximation of general functions, such as arbitrary waveforms, by sums of trigonometric functions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: harmonic analysis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: analysis
History
After French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), a pioneer of the field.
