Fourier series and transforms


Chapters 5 and 15 of Nearing's text, Chapters 14 and 15 of Arfken & Weber.

Basics of Fourier series (where/how they arise), choice of basis functions. Fourier transforms: as extensions of Fourier series, relation to the Laplace transform. Useful properties of Fourier transforms (convolution, Parseval's theorem, Weiner-Khinchin theorem), common Fourier transform pairs, Green's functions for differential equations

Applications (transfer functions, image processing/Fourier optics, wave packets in quantum mechanics, time series analysis/musical notes), etc.