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Day 6: The fast and the Fourier

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A good example of how the Fourier transform can approximate signals. The red signal is our input signal and the blue shows how the output of the Fourier transform.

Okay, if you’ve been keeping up with these posts, we know about Welch’s method, Thomson’s method, the things that make them different, and the things that make them similar. The thing that both of these transforms rely on is the Fourier transform. What is the Fourier transform? Well, something I probably should have covered first, but whatever this is my blog we do it in whatever order we feel like, so let’s dive in!*

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