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Joseph Fourier
Fourier series: the "atoms" of math
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Joseph Fourier
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Fourier series: the "atoms" of math
Brian Greene discusses the Fourier series, a remarkable discovery of Joseph Fourier,...
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Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier, lithograph by Jules Boilly, 1823; in the Academy of Sciences, Paris.
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