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 ...

Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician, born on 21 March 1768 in Auxerre, France. His name is closely associated with the Fourier series and Fourier transform, mathematical tools utilised in a wide ...

Using concepts students are already familiar with — like how bottles vibrate — can serve as a helpful anchor for more complex topics.

A key algorithm that quietly empowers and simplifies our electronics is the Fourier transform, which turns the graph of a signal varying in time into a graph that describes it in terms of its ...

Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University March 21 marks the 250th birthday of one of the most influential mathematicians in history. He accompanied ...

Over at Quanta Magazine [Shalma Wegsman] asks What Is the Fourier Transform? [Shalma] begins by telling you a little about Joseph Fourier, the French mathematician with an interest in heat propagation ...