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    4 days ago

    Obligatory XKCD:

    Thought it was a good overview of why Fourier Transforms are interesting and the motivation behind them

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      2 days ago

      Yeah, I think that’s a good summary. I tried finding an article I read a while back that talked about it more from that angle, as in “Why does π keep showing up everywhere?”, but can’t track it down.

      In consolation, here’s the Tau Manifesto, which talks up why τ (i.e. 2π) is the better number to use, and also a post about the evil twin of π, called ϖ:

      https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113703444230936435

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          2 days ago

          Not an EE but I work with a lot of them and I think the enthusiasm rubs off on me