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Re:Fourier Transforms – The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, a... by quasque on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @03:47PM (#6685404)
ImageMagick has a nice tutorial on the use of Fourier transforms in image processing, if you want to get a more intuitive feel on the subject: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fourier/
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Re:Fourier Transforms – The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, a... by Guillaume86 on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @04:17PM (#6685562)
Really interesting, thanks!
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Re:Fourier Transforms – The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, a... by wlian on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @06:56PM (#6686497)
But why do they use holocaust_tn.gif as an example filename?
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Re:Fourier Transforms – The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, a... by Renaud on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @08:07PM (#6686796)
Holocaust Memorial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_o...
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