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The 135 pages that link to Fourier transform, each with the reason it gives.
Magnetic resonance imagingRelated: MRI reconstruction transforms measured spatial-frequency data into an image.
Fourier seriesCompared with: It is the continuous-frequency counterpart used chiefly for nonperiodic functions.
Complex numberRelated: Its complex exponentials encode both the amplitude and phase of frequency components.
RadarRelated: Radar processing uses frequency analysis to estimate Doppler shifts and separate targets.
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyRelated: NMR instruments transform recorded free-induction decays into frequency-domain spectra.
X-ray diffractionRelated: The diffraction pattern is related to the Fourier transform of the sample's electron density.
GradientRelated: Spatial differentiation becomes multiplication by frequency in the Fourier domain.
Lebesgue integralRelated: Lebesgue integrability provides a standard condition for defining the transform.
Heat equationRelated: It converts the constant-coefficient heat equation into independently decaying frequency modes.
Fourier analysisBroader topic: It extends frequency decomposition to nonperiodic functions.
Nuclear magnetic resonanceRelated: It converts measured time-domain NMR signals into frequency-domain spectra.
Poisson's equationRelated: It converts constant-coefficient Poisson equations into algebraic relations in frequency space.
Characteristic functionNarrower topic: A characteristic function is the Fourier transform of a probability distribution.
Measure theoryRelated: Measure-theoretic integration defines Fourier transforms for broad classes of functions and measures.
Amplitude modulationRelated: It reveals the carrier and sidebands that make up an AM spectrum.
CrystallographyRelated: Crystal electron-density maps are reconstructed from diffraction data using Fourier methods.
Nyquist–Shannon sampling theoremNarrower topic: Band limitation is defined by which frequencies appear in this representation.
Periodic functionCompared with: Unlike Fourier series, it is commonly used for nonperiodic functions on unbounded domains.
Euler's formulaRelated: Its complex exponential kernels encode the sine and cosine oscillations being measured.
Spherical harmonicsCompared with: It analyzes functions on flat or periodic domains rather than directly on a sphere.
Angular frequencyRelated: Its angular-frequency form describes signal components in radians per unit time.
Complex exponentialRelated: Its complex exponential kernel encodes each frequency as a rotating phase.
Reciprocal latticeNarrower topic: The reciprocal lattice arises from the Fourier representation of a periodic crystal structure.
Improper integralRelated: Many Fourier transforms are improper integrals whose convergence depends on decay or cancellation.
Sampling theoremNarrower topic: The theorem’s bandwidth condition is stated in the signal’s frequency representation.
Vibrational spectroscopyRelated: It converts interferometer measurements into the frequency-domain spectra used in modern instruments.
Diffraction gratingRelated: Periodic grating structures can be analyzed through their spatial-frequency components.
Frequency responseRelated: It connects a system’s time-domain behavior with its behavior across frequencies.
Laplace transformCompared with: It uses oscillatory kernels, while the Laplace transform also accommodates exponential growth and decay.
Signal processingRelated: It exposes the frequency components that many processing methods analyze or modify.
Moment-generating functionCompared with: The characteristic function is a probability-specific Fourier transform and needs no exponential moments.
Aperture synthesisRelated: Image reconstruction converts sampled Fourier components into a brightness distribution.
Dirac delta functionRelated: The delta transforms into a constant, linking point localization to all frequencies.
Entire functionRelated: Compact support in one domain can produce entire extensions in the transform variable.
Heisenberg uncertainty principleRelated: Position and momentum wavefunctions are Fourier-related, producing a spread tradeoff.
Spatial frequencyRelated: It decomposes an image into spatial frequencies and their orientations.
Linear mapRelated: On suitable function spaces, it acts linearly, carrying sums and scalar multiples to corresponding outputs.
Linear operatorRelated: It changes representation while preserving linear combinations.
Lp spaceRelated: Lp bounds describe when Fourier transforms extend beyond especially well-behaved functions.
QuasicrystalRelated: It connects quasiperiodic atomic arrangements to the discrete diffraction peaks they produce.
Radio interferometryRelated: Image reconstruction converts sampled Fourier information into a sky-brightness map.
AliasingRelated: It provides the frequency-domain view used to analyze sampling and aliasing.
Fubini's theoremRelated: Interchanging integrals is often needed to derive transform identities and inversion formulas.
Canonical commutation relationRelated: Position and momentum wavefunctions are related by a Fourier transform, reflecting their conjugate roles.
Cryo-electron microscopyRelated: Fourier methods underpin image alignment, filtering, and three-dimensional reconstruction.
Dominated convergence theoremRelated: Convergence of Fourier integrands often uses domination to pass limits through the transform.
Harmonic analysisBroader topic: It extends frequency decomposition from periodic signals to nonperiodic ones.
HertzRelated: Fourier analysis identifies which frequencies, measured in hertz, make up a signal.
Joseph FourierBroader topic: It generalizes the decomposition into sines and cosines that grew from Fourier’s work.
Wave functionRelated: It relates position-space and momentum-space wave-function representations.