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Physics Tools > Create Fourier Series
The Fourier series is a mathematical tool used for analyzing periodic
functions by decomposing such a function into a weighted sum of much
simpler sinusoidal component functions sometimes referred to as normal
Fourier modes, or simply modes for short.
Fourier series serve many useful purposes, as manipulation and conceptualization
of the modal coefficients are often easier than with the original
function. Areas of application include electrical engineering, vibration
analysis, acoustics, optics, signal and image processing, and data
compression.