[sdiy] Walsh Functions/EN S-008

[Andre Majorel]

On 2017-09-15 01:25 +0000, Bernard Arthur Hutchins Jr wrote:

> It is somewhat of a mystery WHY, of the infinite number of
> possible complete orthogonal function sets, Fourier gets to be
> boss.  Indeed, at a seminar where Sebastian von Horner was
> convincingly explaining his notion that there might well be a
> "universal music", if there be other civilizations in space,
> someone quipped "What if they are Walsh function guys".
> Perhaps it is just that Newton got to be boss, and sinusoids
> are solution to second-order differential equations?  This is
> a philosophical question (thusly deflected) unlikely to have a
> simple answer.

Yes, that's a very good question. Certainly one that's been on
my mind. Like you, I suspect that sines also being solutions to
simple differential eqs has something to do with it but I'd like
a more precise answer. Though I'm not sure I'd be able to
understand it. :-/

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/