Joseph Fourier

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Fourier series: the "atoms" of math

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Joseph Fourier: Media

French mathematician

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Fourier series: the "atoms" of math

Fourier series: the "atoms" of math

Brian Greene discusses the Fourier series, a remarkable discovery of Joseph Fourier,...

Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier, lithograph by Jules Boilly, 1823; in the Academy of Sciences, Paris.

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