2140 - Notes, Syllabus Section V, lecture 34 (11/17/95)

Finishing up Fourier transforms: Concluding discussion of square pulse.

Physical meaning of the fourier transform

Discussion of difficulty in inverting the transform in certain cases

Discussion of Dirichlet for Fourier transforms.

Mention of connection of Fourier transforms to quantum mechanics, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle

My notes have the Fourier transform of a Gaussian, which involves some tricks, but turns out to be enormously useful

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