[sdiy] Waveform analysis into non-sine components

[Magnus Danielson]

On 04/10/2012 11:44 PM, David G Dixon wrote:
>>> Well, there are many references, but they all fall foul of
>> your later
>>> requirement:
>>>
>>> "hideous pages of academic maths are really only intended
>> for academic
>>> mathematicians and don't serve to teach the rest of us
>> anything much"
>>>
>>> Ironic, really, when that's *exactly* what you're asking.
>
> What are "academic maths" and how are they different from "maths"?
>
> That's like saying that "hideous pages of french are really only intended
> for francophones and don't serve to teach the rest of us anything much"
>
> ...well, yeah.  Math(s) is(are) a language, and, like any other language,
> one must have a certain fluency before anything written in that language
> makes sense.  Either gain the necessary fluency, or stop trying to read the
> language.
>

I think the main objection was that it may not always be presented in 
the best pedagogical way. There is still a lot to do on the presentation.

The general field of linear transforms builds on a few very basic 
concepts, and teaching these with Fourier transforms as an example could 
be very educational.

The more I learn about many of these things, the less I really need to 
remember, as the rest is more or less obvious derivations. Tables just 
saves me from tedious paper and pen work, but I tend to do that too 
since it is a form of mental mode to approach the problem for me.

Cheers,
Magnus