The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform

4 months ago

Joshua Wise gave a talk at Teardown 2025 about the Fourier Transform.
A recording of the talk is available on his YouTube channel.
Resources shared include a PDF of slides, a Jupyter notebook for plots, and the OFDM patent (US3488445A).
Eugene Wigner's discussion on the effectiveness of mathematics in natural sciences was referenced.
A paper on estimating carrier and time offsets was mentioned, with an invitation for explanation.
Joshua's DVB-T decoder implementation was shared as one approach to solving certain problems.
A recommended video on the Fast Fourier Transform algorithm was highlighted.
Feedback on the talk was requested from attendees.

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