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Offline bloom25

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« on: February 14, 2001, 12:50:00 PM »
Questions:

FFT stands for what?  What is it used for?

The sum of a geometric series (1/a^n) is what from 0<n<infinity for a values less than 1?




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Offline sling322

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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2001, 12:57:00 PM »
HUH??!?!?

Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2001, 01:10:00 PM »
Fast Fourier Transform...its used by nerds.

Offline Regurge

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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2001, 01:31:00 PM »
Dam you Rip   although your pretty much right about that

Fast Fourier Transform, used to measure frequency spectrum of a signal.

if you mean the series (1/a^0 + 1/a^1 + 1/a^2....) the sum is infinity

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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2001, 01:58:00 PM »
LOL Rip!!!

Offline mrfish

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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2001, 02:31:00 PM »
hey math cool -  i got one for ya-

sir thomas harriot introduced what mathematical symbols into common usage?

hint: oh the "injustice" of it all.....

Offline Tac

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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2001, 06:40:00 PM »
Male Math: You + Me = 69

Female Math : You + Me = Prenup agreement

Offline mrfish

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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2001, 06:47:00 PM »
oh another hint the answer has something to do with comparison....hmmmmm.....disc uss  

Offline bloom25

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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2001, 08:20:00 PM »
mr fish, how about inequality symbols.

FFT = fast fourier transform, and it is used by nerds! DING! DING! DING!  

The sum of a series where a is less than 1 is just 1/(1-a).

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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2001, 08:40:00 PM »
yeah! a nerd after my own heart bloom -