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What would happen when two wave functions intersect in a Fourier series representation of periodic signals? [closed]
I saw a piece of code on github which transforms the planetary movement into the fourier wave function.
These circles are given by the x and y ordinates: x=cos(ωt) y=sin(ωt), which are periodic. ...
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Why is a sine wave considered the fundamental building block of any signal? Why not some other function? [closed]
It is mathematically possible to express a given signal as a sum of functions other than sines and cosines. With that in mind, why does signal processing always revolve around breaking down the signal ...