Fourier analysis


nounPhysics, Mathematics.
  1. the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function.: Compare Fourier series.

Origin of Fourier analysis

1
First recorded in 1925–30; named after J.B.J. Fourier

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British Dictionary definitions for Fourier analysis

Fourier analysis

/ (ˈfʊərɪˌeɪ) /


noun
  1. the analysis of a periodic function into its simple sinusoidal or harmonic components, whose sum forms a Fourier series

Origin of Fourier analysis

1
C19: named after Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), French mathematician, Egyptologist, and administrator

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Scientific definitions for Fourier analysis

Fourier analysis

  1. The branch of mathematics concerned with the approximation of periodic functions by the Fourier series and with generalizations of such approximations to a wider class of functions.

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