What is a Fourier Series? (Explained by drawing circles) - Smarter Every Day 205

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @benschofield1361
    @benschofield1361 5 років тому +2974

    Holy cow, Destin how are you today?

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  5 років тому +1005

      Thank you for asking. I'm actually quite tired if I'm honest. I worked all night to get this video done. We also uploaded a new podcast episode last night so it was kind of a confluence of stuff stacking up, (not unlike the sine waves in this video). It's a cool podcast episode though. It's about a rather interesting time I tried to pee in a bottle and was literally stopped by physics. I think you'll like it. www.nodumbquestions.fm/listen/2018/12/9/049-peevnrt
      Thank you again for asking how I am. I'm a real person and a lot of time people treat me like a content generation algorithm. Super cool of you to talk to me.... the human. Thank you.

    • @benschofield1361
      @benschofield1361 5 років тому +205

      @@smartereveryday I can assure you it wasn't in vain, this was super interesting ! Thank you for making these awesome videos. I hope you get some well deserved sleep tonight!

    • @Discostew2
      @Discostew2 5 років тому +12

      @@smartereveryday loved the podcast Destin, had me dying of laughter while you shared the pee story.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 5 років тому +11

      @@smartereveryday get back to work, bot! who told you that you could pause making videos?! lol

    • @Chrisamic
      @Chrisamic 5 років тому +2

      @@Discostew2 I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I think I know where this is going LOL.

  • @lbmetei7596
    @lbmetei7596 4 роки тому +1854

    Big fan of Mr. Fourier. He made my life very difficult.

  • @TheCodingTrain
    @TheCodingTrain 5 років тому +1436

    Well, I guess I know what I'm going to try to program on this Friday's live stream!

    • @owendeheer5893
      @owendeheer5893 5 років тому +123

      Well, I guess i know what I'm going to be watching on Friday!

    • @MisterDerban
      @MisterDerban 5 років тому +9

      please do !!

    • @noxabellus
      @noxabellus 5 років тому +7

      I was just thinking of you! This is a perfect match for your show :D

    • @markoftheland3115
      @markoftheland3115 5 років тому +23

      Destin: "How did you make it?"
      Me: "processing? p5js?"
      Doga: no
      Me: :(

    • @plor1261
      @plor1261 5 років тому +3

      I guess I know who I'm subbing to next!

  • @AsianBrozGaming
    @AsianBrozGaming 4 роки тому +979

    1:53 "sine ways are probably the simplest kind of waves right? the second most some kind of wave is..."
    me: cosine waves
    him: a square wave.
    me: oh

    • @darshandabrase3265
      @darshandabrase3265 4 роки тому +24

      Hey, you stole my thought.

    • @no_t1es
      @no_t1es 4 роки тому +69

      _sad cosine noises_

    • @gamingbloopers6055
      @gamingbloopers6055 4 роки тому +8

      Rerin YL dude, stop ruining the fun with your facts

    • @XenoghostTV
      @XenoghostTV 4 роки тому +3

      @Rerin YL You don't say?

    • @jarvisluo5723
      @jarvisluo5723 4 роки тому +2

      @@gamingbloopers6055 it's true tho. It's a flawed joke cuz it's not based on facts. That's not ingenious nor fun.

  • @akuljamwal3085
    @akuljamwal3085 3 роки тому +148

    Dr. Doga hasn't looked happy since his pronunciation of GIF was corrected

    • @atlas_19
      @atlas_19 3 роки тому +3

      LMFAO

    • @yashrohatgi6053
      @yashrohatgi6053 Рік тому +5

      Ya see Norm, GIF stands for Giraffe Interchange Format, so it has to be pronounced that way...

    • @arnaudsimon3265
      @arnaudsimon3265 11 місяців тому +1

      Ahahaha so true

    • @cchollands
      @cchollands 11 місяців тому

      Even ChatGPT agrees that the hard G pronunciation is more common. Take that, Destin.

  • @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12
    @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12 5 років тому +1067

    In Physics we have a saying: If you have one problem needs to be solved with fourier series, then you have 2 problems.

    • @wsjacksonjr
      @wsjacksonjr 5 років тому +90

      Imagine how hard it would be then with a sevenier series!

    • @adamvav2730
      @adamvav2730 5 років тому +11

      Mr. Jackson I like you

    • @alexanderstohr4198
      @alexanderstohr4198 5 років тому +7

      fourier => frequency analysis - just pick the standard modules from the shelves if you are having to do it...

    • @corgikun2579
      @corgikun2579 5 років тому +28

      @@wsjacksonjr your last name brings me nightmares (Classical Electrodynamics book by Jackson)

    • @nazishahmad1337
      @nazishahmad1337 5 років тому +4

      @@corgikun2579 but it's a really really good book if you're having concepts cleared from something much more basic like the Griffith's electrodynamics

  • @EAHowe
    @EAHowe 4 роки тому +597

    I had Dr. Doga for my Physics I and II classes my freshman year. Crazy to see him on this channel.

  • @jerrygundecker743
    @jerrygundecker743 4 роки тому +68

    I like the part where you asked him to explain it. You can see him stop,
    (momentary exasperation) and rethink it to put it into words. We actually saw his brain change gears. Loved it.

  • @sef83
    @sef83 Рік тому +56

    Doga (Doğa, more correctly) means "nature" in Turkish. So "nature" tries to understand "nature" by using math :) proud of him!

  • @lauraleeane
    @lauraleeane 5 років тому +93

    As a grad student who uses Fourier transforms daily, it is incredibly valuable to watch well made videos like this that take a step back and see the beauty behind the math. Often in the classroom we focus to much on the answer and not enough on the beauty behind the math to get the answer.

    • @bennytyty
      @bennytyty 5 років тому +1

      If you haven't seen it yet, 3blue1brown is an amazing channel that's full of visualizations that show off the beauty of math.

    • @ScormGaming
      @ScormGaming 5 років тому

      You need to watch 3Blue1Brown's visualization of the Fourier transform.

  • @sunscream8502
    @sunscream8502 5 років тому +737

    UA-cam should recommend these types of videos to everyone.

    • @Aemilindore
      @Aemilindore 5 років тому +5

      it did!

    • @ov3rkill
      @ov3rkill 5 років тому +15

      Instead they push their algorithm towards flat earth. lmao.

    • @gabrieldoudna6570
      @gabrieldoudna6570 5 років тому +5

      ben shapiro wants to know your location

    • @mrzoldik201
      @mrzoldik201 5 років тому

      @@ov3rkill
      it's fact , earth is flat

    • @neocortexlab
      @neocortexlab 5 років тому

      @@ov3rkill that`s becouse the earth is realy flat in the place where youtube office is

  • @naonao77090
    @naonao77090 2 роки тому +5

    Leaning about the harmonic series rn. learning that not only can you make just about any sound just by adding simple sign waves together but you can also draw by adding sign waves is absolutely blowing my mind.

  • @TrevorHammonds
    @TrevorHammonds 4 роки тому +3

    Your channel is truly one of UA-cam's gems. Keep up the terrific work!

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday  5 років тому +112

    "It looks like a whip".... (Starts studying whips)

    • @charadremur333
      @charadremur333 4 роки тому

      @@DemirSezer not no more. But yeah.

    • @charadremur333
      @charadremur333 4 роки тому

      Hi dustin, have you herd about of powered paragliding? Its pretty cool, can you do a video about how the wing works? Thank you for your'e time.

    • @michaelrose93
      @michaelrose93 4 роки тому +1

      Whips have all sorts of uses...

  • @SpaceSnaxxx
    @SpaceSnaxxx 5 років тому +483

    4:23 "I made this amazing art tool and you're correcting my pronunciation?"

    • @we4selradio591
      @we4selradio591 5 років тому +84

      Graphics Image Format. why would it be Jif? we don't say jraphics.

    • @Trias805
      @Trias805 5 років тому

      @@we4selradio591 This

    • @commanderoof4578
      @commanderoof4578 5 років тому +8

      Unless i am wrong he was joking when he said "do you know its pronounced jif"
      And if he wasn't joking then he is flat out wrong and it would be a correction at all

    • @Novumic
      @Novumic 5 років тому +11

      @@we4selradio591 jpeg, sonar, laser, scuba, pin, NASA and many more... google their meaning. If you want to use that "rule", then you are going to lose every one of those cooler sounding acronyms.

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 5 років тому +2

      I always pronounced it with a hard g. The difference being that no one said diddly because they knew what I meant and it was irrelevant to what we were working on. None of my classmates flunked out of engineering school due to different pronunciations.

  • @Rujenz7
    @Rujenz7 4 роки тому +279

    Welcome to the comment section, where we have:
    90% about the GIF pronunciation
    10% regarding the Fourier series

    • @triplea7071
      @triplea7071 4 роки тому +1

      I know right

    • @adisuresh7263
      @adisuresh7263 4 роки тому +7

      In which category should we classify your comment lol

    • @mophab
      @mophab 2 роки тому

      Destin opened the can of worms by commenting about it. If he had let it pass, people wouldn't comment.

  • @cakcakstudio7551
    @cakcakstudio7551 2 роки тому +4

    I love it when you explain the science behind things. Those of us who watch the science, engineering communicator channels, do so to get a basic understanding of how. certain formulas or topics work. The way you explain things is so helpful.

  • @jima1135
    @jima1135 5 років тому +1756

    His reaction to your correction of how to pronounce "gif" was perfect lol

    • @SomeDumDum01
      @SomeDumDum01 5 років тому +24

      Jif

    • @abhinavgupta9990
      @abhinavgupta9990 5 років тому +175

      It's not gif, it's gif.

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 5 років тому +113

      @@SomeDumDum01 gif gif gif, to the day i die!
      the internet was build on gifs... not jifs :D

    • @XypherOrion
      @XypherOrion 5 років тому +64

      @@SomeDumDum01 Irrefutable proof that its a hard G, you have to spell it with a j to get the idea across. XD

    • @victorqwilleran3331
      @victorqwilleran3331 5 років тому +37

      @@MouseGoat giraffe, ginger, German, gif.

  • @domainofscience
    @domainofscience 5 років тому +369

    That is such and awesome visualisation of the Fourier series! It also makes me wonder what your logo sounds like. You could play each of these circle bundles as a musical note that is made of all of the sine waves, so your logo is a chord of 4 notes. I wonder if it would sound nice?

    • @TrentSheather
      @TrentSheather 5 років тому +28

      You're right! After all that I forgot it was a collection of sine waves and would totally have an associated sound. I hope Destin finds it, even if it is just 4 tones.

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 5 років тому +34

      Ima gonna hazard a guess that it sounds awful.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 5 років тому +10

      it would sound like noise

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 5 років тому +2

      @@TrentSheather any type of wave can be considered "sound" not just a pure sine wave.

    • @MartinBuzon
      @MartinBuzon 5 років тому +13

      Ok you are right and wrong. The thing you will hear is the TEXTURE of the sound, thats really interesting. But you can perfectly change the pitch to whatever you like by changing the speed of reproduction, since frecuency is how fast it plays. So it can sound really cool

  • @ertugrul-bektik
    @ertugrul-bektik 4 роки тому +15

    Thanks for you and Doğa. Love from Turkey 🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @sodiboo
    @sodiboo 2 роки тому

    This demonstration of circles and the wave is what made it click for me. I've seen Fourier transforms and explanations for them, seen how waves add and also seen it used to describe that circle thing that can draw any image. What i never saw until now is how these are related and how a speaker really works. like "it moves with the deep frequencies and then during that motion it also moves faster with the high tones" is what i've heard, and that's good and all. I never knew how a computer would actually compute such a wave, but it makes sense now! You stack the circles and track the Y value. There's probably some elegant way to do it easier in code, but it all makes sense now!

  • @TitoTheThird
    @TitoTheThird 5 років тому +202

    2:35 Those "wipers" are called "epicycles" in Ptolemaic astronomy.

    • @verwehtverweht9053
      @verwehtverweht9053 5 років тому +7

      Exactly... I also remembered that medieval astronomers were forced to use epicycles in order to explain the periodicity of the planet's orbits as seen from the Earth, and assuming the Earth in the center of the universe...

    • @trevorjaster4072
      @trevorjaster4072 5 років тому

      How are they used in astronomy

    • @verwehtverweht9053
      @verwehtverweht9053 5 років тому +10

      @@trevorjaster4072 They aren't. They were used, 500+ years ago, in order to explain the motion of the planets, as they assumed, at that time, that the Earth was at the center of the Universe.

    • @TitoTheThird
      @TitoTheThird 5 років тому +5

      @trevor: Epicycles were used to explain retrograde (or backwards) motion of the other planets in the Earth-centered Ptolemaic astronomy.

    • @lbblackburn
      @lbblackburn 5 років тому +5

      And now the phrase "adding epicycles" generally means to make some theory work by adding absurd complexity.

  • @gumball1216
    @gumball1216 3 роки тому +11

    Doga's face when you said jif had me in tears

  • @richardsteen4340
    @richardsteen4340 2 роки тому

    It is truly a great visualization to see how stacking/mixing sine waves actually produces different wave shapes.. Too cool..!! Love your Channel..!!

  • @Jimanator
    @Jimanator 5 років тому +57

    3blue1brown and Mathologer both have wonderful videos on this subject

  • @jaidenboucher0
    @jaidenboucher0 5 років тому +52

    I have never left one of your videos without a smile on my face and this is no exception. Thank you so much for doing what you do.

  • @mm-qd1ho
    @mm-qd1ho Рік тому +5

    One of the best parts about this is when Destin says that, just as a complex Fourier Series is the sum of all its simple shapes, a very complex engineering project can be the sum of relatively simple concepts and parts. Nice analogy!

  • @Freizeitflugsphaere
    @Freizeitflugsphaere 5 років тому +194

    This is what kills me at university at the moment...

    • @TF23DayRespawn
      @TF23DayRespawn 5 років тому +4

      I took PDEs about a year ago, ughhh that class was a pain, good luck!

    • @edeneden97
      @edeneden97 5 років тому +7

      Watch 3b1b video on it

    • @willfrank961
      @willfrank961 5 років тому +13

      Just echoing Eden's comment: 3blue1brown has an excellent video on the furier transform here on youtube.

    • @Freizeitflugsphaere
      @Freizeitflugsphaere 5 років тому +2

      @@willfrank961 Thank's guys!😅

    • @Mickyleitor
      @Mickyleitor 5 років тому +1

      Me too, Im doing it for the second time 😅

  • @Hexanitrobenzene
    @Hexanitrobenzene 5 років тому +43

    "...let's challenge him !"
    Destin shows a logo of SmarterEveryDay. I'm like, "Come on, man, you can't approximate that with Fourier series. That's a multi-valued function!"
    Doga constructs a graph with 4 parametric functions, each approximated with Fourier series. I'm like "Oh... o_0
    I stand corrected." :D

    • @blancaroca8786
      @blancaroca8786 4 роки тому +3

      Here too. I am really annoyed with myself for not knowing about doing Fourier representation in 2d like that.

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 4 роки тому +2

      Apparently you can make a courier series that approximates an image without doing the X and Y sines separately. Instead you use e^2iπt. As t progresses, e^2iπt goes around a circular path. You can then add several of these circular paths together.
      3blue1brown has an excellent video regarding this topic.

    • @Hexanitrobenzene
      @Hexanitrobenzene 4 роки тому +4

      @@nanamacapagal8342
      Excuse me, but I think you missed the point. Series with e^2pi*it terms is just another representation of series with sin(2pi*t) and cos(2pi*t) terms. Both of these can only be used to represent single valued function of t.
      Say, you have a circle of radius 1 centered on an origin of cartesian coordinate system. It cannot be represented by a single valued function. It can be represented by implicit function x^2 +y^2=1, but if you try to express y in terms of x, equation splits into two: y1 = sqrt(1-x^2), y2 = -sqrt(1-x^2), representing "high" arc and "low" arc of the circle, respectively. Circle is a double valued function inherently. On the other hand, you can represent it as parametric function: y=sin fi, x=cos fi.
      The trick here was representing that logo as a set of parametric equations, and then using Fourier series to approximate them, not an original graph, which is multi valued.

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 4 роки тому

      @@Hexanitrobenzene oh so that's what you meant by multivalued
      Sorry my brain was a bit fuzzy when I wrote that comment

  • @clancybenedict6647
    @clancybenedict6647 4 роки тому

    First SmarterEveryDay video I've seen and even the promo was cool lol. This is amazing. Subscribed

  • @marcpaul8245
    @marcpaul8245 4 роки тому +2

    Finally, thanks to you, Destin, and Doga, I can visualize additive functions with a Fourier series! Thank you!

  • @apeters8
    @apeters8 5 років тому +248

    Just want to point out that he's not a student! He's Dr. Doha!

  • @XevianLight
    @XevianLight 5 років тому +125

    That animation of making the SED logo with various instances of N should be your intro.

  • @lukasmodry196
    @lukasmodry196 Рік тому +4

    I love it, my teacher from algorithms first told me about this and i am absolutly amazed. Keep going!!!

  • @AmericanPeasantry
    @AmericanPeasantry 4 роки тому +2

    This is true brilliance - to be able to take the most complex functions in the universe & simplify them to where a child can understand! Our family loves your work, Destin! Thank you for being such a great teacher!

  • @DrTWG
    @DrTWG 4 роки тому +31

    I'm no mathematician or coder (MD by trade) but managed to get a square wave going - much like the one above with all the circles whipping around - using Javascript & p5 library. It was actually easy . The series is basically sin(wt) + sin(3wt)/3 + sin(5wt)/5 ................ t is your time step , w = freq . The more terms the squarer. Getting the graphics looking good & moving was the tricky bit.

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 3 роки тому +1

      Ahh, interesting. My guess is if you used varrying lengths of the n coefficient in sin(nwt) / n, you could derive any organic shape in nature.

    • @CammaProjects
      @CammaProjects 2 роки тому

      Also add the starting phase of each harmonic sin(wt+phi1) + sin(3wt+phi3)/3 + sin(5wt+phi5)/5 ecc

  • @TheBasketBall13Freak
    @TheBasketBall13Freak 5 років тому +3

    Destin, I want you to know how much of an inspiration you are to me. Every time I see a video of yours pop up I instantly feel so happy. These past few months have been a huge struggle for me. Just 15 minutes ago I was feeling so down and unmotivated but once I saw your video on my feed... I don't know how to explain it, but I just felt this instant relief for some reason. I feel happy and motivated now and it's all thanks to you. I hope you have a wonderful day. Great video!

  • @tailund3508
    @tailund3508 Рік тому

    Mind blowing, drawing that logo with a Fourier! Thank you! And a special thanks to Doga. That totally made it click for me as well. I must've watched >90% of your videos, and only now I realize you have a podcast.. Im really happy you do, though, and I subscribed immediately.

  • @morganblarue
    @morganblarue Рік тому

    Fascinating. I exercise to your videos and time flies. It’s so fun.

  • @Ozzah
    @Ozzah 5 років тому +157

    I pronounce it "ga-jif" to make sure I cover all my bases.

    • @ZardoDhieldor
      @ZardoDhieldor 5 років тому +20

      How to annoy every geek with only one word.

    • @winsauceiswin
      @winsauceiswin 5 років тому +3

      Brilliant, I’m going to use this 😂😂😂

    • @IvarHuisman
      @IvarHuisman 5 років тому +2

      Jyff is also a good one it approximates the spelling as a word G I F JYFF

    • @part-timepartytime9621
      @part-timepartytime9621 5 років тому

      Zhaiff for life! Zhaiff for life! Zhaiff for life!

    • @KingBobXVI
      @KingBobXVI 5 років тому

      "Gzheyf" - just to make sure it's wrong for everyone.

  • @sherlock_norris
    @sherlock_norris 5 років тому +66

    Mathologer made a video explaining this with even more in depth math, if anyone is interested. He analyzes a function that can draw Homer Simpson.

    • @BrandenAllen
      @BrandenAllen 5 років тому +8

      ua-cam.com/video/qS4H6PEcCCA/v-deo.html

    • @3blue1brown
      @3blue1brown 5 років тому +7

      It's really great! Highly recommended.

    • @ajsdoa6282
      @ajsdoa6282 5 років тому +1

      Yeah AND BTW 3BLUE1BROWN ALSO HAS A GREAT VIDEO ON THIS TOPIC AS WELL, GO CHECK THAT OUT! XD

    • @mienzillaz
      @mienzillaz 5 років тому

      Saw ML earlier than this.. anyway i would like to have this as a toy.. a physical thing, gears i ca reconfigurate

  • @denislee5715
    @denislee5715 3 роки тому

    Thanks a lot for making this video and the animation. It does help me a lot in understanding how a series of sine waves can be resulted in a square wave. Really thanks a lot.

  • @ponyote
    @ponyote 2 роки тому

    The look you got for the correct pronunciation of gif (thank you!) that was blistering. You rock, Destin.

  • @joescott
    @joescott 5 років тому +1618

    He says "gif". I like him.

    • @NautilusGuitars
      @NautilusGuitars 5 років тому +5

      Fancy seeing you here!

    • @iankelk
      @iankelk 5 років тому +29

      Joe Scott and Destin corrected him to gif and I don’t know how to feel. Btw it’s pronounced “gif”

    • @garydunken7934
      @garydunken7934 5 років тому +56

      Very appropriate, because he is gif-ted.

    • @TheStaffmaster
      @TheStaffmaster 5 років тому +2

      @@NautilusGuitars THERE'S DOZENS OF US!!! :p

    • @lambdastudios4083
      @lambdastudios4083 5 років тому +28

      Its Gif, with a hard G. It Fundamentals book agrees with me

  • @krimpymess
    @krimpymess 5 років тому +7

    As a musician and a synth addict who understands how adding mere sine waves atop another produces different textural sounds, this video makes me excited.

  • @nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617
    @nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617 4 роки тому +1

    Love what I learned here. A glimpse into a whole world of math and waves and their potential. Not my academic discipline; which is why I really appreciate such a visual and intuitive walk-through. Thank you!

  • @kennethduncan4643
    @kennethduncan4643 3 роки тому +5

    This is going out to my audio engineering buddies. It's super interesting to see a whole different visualization of waves we like to mess around with in synthesis.

  • @chandrakiranyada2253
    @chandrakiranyada2253 4 роки тому +6

    I've used fourier series in numerical methods but this video made my mind blow away...brilliant.

  • @harrymoschops
    @harrymoschops 5 років тому +33

    Great video, did a bit of digging on the subject and I discovered reference to a famous paper by J.W. Cooley and J.W. Tukey from 1965. Their work utilised Fourier analysis and led to a radical increase in computing speed by exploiting the binary notation inherent to computers and the symmetry of sine waves. This leap in computing power is what enabled the effective storage and recall of analogue recorded sound via digital bits of information.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 5 років тому +7

      They re-discovered a way to quickly compute discrete Fourier transform solutions. (O[n log n]). Gauss had discovered the method in the early 1800's, even before Fourier published his work. Then people forgot.

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 5 років тому

      Bullshit

  • @thesaltedlamp3444
    @thesaltedlamp3444 3 роки тому +2

    This was incredible! I can actually, finally, visualize the usefulness of, and the mathematics behind Fourier math!

  • @paulswanson3132
    @paulswanson3132 4 роки тому

    You just BLEW my mind dude!! The simplest building blocks, like circles, can create ANYTHING!

  • @salih8566
    @salih8566 5 років тому +3

    I love that when you give the sources you use at details :)

  • @MotorGoblin
    @MotorGoblin 5 років тому +528

    7:48 "Makes a great gift." Don't you mean "jift"?

    • @tofu_golem
      @tofu_golem 5 років тому +45

      I have a very nice jrafics card in my computer.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 5 років тому +14

      "Choosy programmers choose .gif!"

    • @adraedin
      @adraedin 5 років тому +7

      dude... i scrolled down to make this comment and you'd beaten me to it. have a thumbs up.

    • @coffeewind4409
      @coffeewind4409 5 років тому +5

      When you use a pun about peanut butter to dictate how to pronounce a word

    • @Ely-ih5oy
      @Ely-ih5oy 5 років тому +5

      Being second-language myself, I only knew it's pronounced "jif" from this video!!! like wtf

  • @swacademy
    @swacademy 4 роки тому +1

    Omg! This is one of the best things I've watched on UA-cam!! Thank you.

  • @connorsturgeon8863
    @connorsturgeon8863 Рік тому

    it's cool revisiting some of destin's old content as I progress further into my engineering degree. i first watched this vid in high school, and the idea of fourier series seemed like peak math, phd level stuff, and now that I'm in my junior year, the mathematics behind fourier series is relatively simple, but visualizing it is still as magical as it was when I first learned about it 4 years ago

  • @joshwarner5676
    @joshwarner5676 5 років тому +3

    This is beautiful. Such a cool visual representation. It definitely would have helped me to see this when I was learning fourier series in calculus

  • @LivetoshootNC
    @LivetoshootNC 5 років тому +8

    Wow. I wish we had visualizations like this when I was in school. These videos must inspire young engineers and science students.

  • @jameswebb8162
    @jameswebb8162 4 роки тому

    That’s absolutely rad dude!! I’m still wrapping my brain around it but dand it’s cool!!! Keep them coming!!!

  • @ianchinsor9248
    @ianchinsor9248 3 роки тому

    This is without doubt the best way to teach the Fourier series. I saw this and it clicked immediately after hours of confusion studying books

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 5 років тому +11

    This is such an intuitive way to understand Fourier series. Wish we were taught stuff in this way.

    • @lorenpearson1230
      @lorenpearson1230 5 років тому

      Some of us were. Not sure what has happened in the last 30 years, but maybe it is coming back through these visual tools. Imagine though that Fourier and his contemporaries had to 'see' this to make it work.

    • @realedna
      @realedna 5 років тому +1

      It's just the visualized addition of some major complex fourier components in the complex plane animated with time. So it's just a random analysis result!
      If you understand complex numbers (incl Euler's formula), cross correlation and linear combination/algebra, then you can understand fourier series fully.
      Most of which wasn't explained in this video at all!!

  • @whyaskmenoely25
    @whyaskmenoely25 5 років тому +4

    This concept is the key to sound design and synthesis. It's mindblowing knowing that all it takes is sine waves to emulate a real sound or make a sound you've never heard before.

  • @jacksonmorris-thring644
    @jacksonmorris-thring644 3 роки тому

    Something that really made me appreciate the power of the Fourier Series was my 9 hour Fourier optics practical I did this year. Essentially, you collomate a laser beam and put it through a hexagonal matrix-hole’d piece of plastic. You’d pass this through a Fourier lens and it’d leave you with an effect that essentially allowed you to seperate higher order frequencies from lower order frequencies going from the centre outward. Through using another filter, you can then block those said frequencies, and make “false” images. You can change the shape of a sticker-star’s shadow cast onto a ccd camera. Blew.my.mind!

  • @EricPalmer_DaddyOh
    @EricPalmer_DaddyOh Рік тому +3

    Destin, your videos are so fabulous.
    This is so beyond me. I understand the drawing part in concept only. But when I took physics I, we used slide rules and in physics II we used the brand new HP 35 calculator.

  • @enric898
    @enric898 5 років тому +93

    This kind of things should be in the youtube rewind 2019

  • @mrwatney3236
    @mrwatney3236 5 років тому +3

    After years of learning Fourier series in college now I know why it is important. Thanks Destin.

  • @danielh9269
    @danielh9269 4 роки тому

    Amazing helpful visual demonstration. Thank you!

  • @mmortazav
    @mmortazav 2 роки тому

    Dude, I never understood Fourier series in college but this video did the job. Hats off dustin, you are the best. (and obviously the genius in this video)

  • @enumaelish11
    @enumaelish11 5 років тому +18

    What a beauty!
    This video just explained a thing I'd been trying to understand, so thanks! Now I' a bit smarter :D

  • @FruitNBootNJordN
    @FruitNBootNJordN 5 років тому +6

    “This transcends language” 😭😭😭 👌🏼💯 this was that cool, love it!

  • @dharvindaranarumugam3355
    @dharvindaranarumugam3355 2 роки тому

    I'm studying Fourier series in Differential Equation. This video really help me to understand and also have a good visualization to understand that how sine waves produces in different waves shape . Thank you...

  • @CamTechBricks
    @CamTechBricks 4 роки тому

    Destin you are an upstanding person. Great video!

  • @jackgraffi160
    @jackgraffi160 5 років тому +48

    I would like to see the function written out for the smarter everyday logo

    • @DiapaYY
      @DiapaYY 5 років тому +1

      A function can only have one y-value for every x-value so it's not possible to write it as a function (afaik)

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver 5 років тому

      @@DiapaYY
      That's not true. A parabolic or other even order polynomial function has 1 value of y for 2 or more values of x.
      Also multiple values of x in a sinusoidal function can return the same y value.

    • @SammzProductions
      @SammzProductions 5 років тому +3

      @@DiapaYY The functions of the x-coordinate(s) of the planar curve, as well as the y-coordinate(s) can definitely be written out. When combined, you have something called a vector-valued function. However, you would probably need a lot of paper to write out a good approximation.

    • @CatNolara
      @CatNolara 5 років тому +5

      There are different kinds of functions, most people only know about y=f(x) (if they know about functions at all), but there are also parametric functions like x=f1(t) and y=f2(t), so the coordinates aren't dependent on eachother, but on a third value t that isn't a coordinate (you could look at it as "time" for example). Then you can define both functions and draw any curve you like, even with mutlipley values for the same x value. That's also what was done here. the functions for fourier functions usually look like this:
      x = f(t) = a0 + a1*sin(ωt) + a2*sin(2ωt) + ... b1*cos(ωt) + b2*cos(2ωt) + ...
      Every additional step adds another pair of sine and cosine terms.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 5 років тому

      @@DiapaYY The "y value" in this case is a complex number. Indeed, the Fourier transform is inherently in the complex domain. If he did it the way he did the real valued examples, the vertical axis is the real part. The reverse of that might be a more common convention.

  • @EngineerPrepper
    @EngineerPrepper 5 років тому +232

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I finally get it after years of graduating college.

    • @Astro-wj2ro
      @Astro-wj2ro 5 років тому +3

      ikr?

    • @demef758
      @demef758 5 років тому +3

      Join the club!

    • @Mister_Soyuz_on_YT
      @Mister_Soyuz_on_YT 5 років тому +3

      Welp! I guess you are not forever a loan.

    • @aditsu
      @aditsu 5 років тому +3

      This visualization (which I've seen a couple of years ago) is cool but doesn't help me that much. I think what helped me the most to understand Fourier series is Winamp and its visualizations (in the 90's), combined with learning how to generate sampled sound from basic notes, and playing with an FFT algorithm. I still don't fully understand Fourier series.

    • @FactsNoFictions
      @FactsNoFictions 5 років тому +5

      It's very unfortunate that nobody in our uni never attempted to discuss the reasons for Fourier series to appear. As a student I've felt lost as what the heck this whole thing is about

  • @738polarbear
    @738polarbear 4 роки тому +2

    I love watching smart people explain stuff . the smarter they are the humbler they seem to me.

  • @danielarco8566
    @danielarco8566 3 роки тому

    It's so amazing and simple at the same time!Thanks,guys!

  • @felixftv8180
    @felixftv8180 5 років тому +17

    This is one of the most mind blowing videos I've seen about math

  • @downthecrossairs
    @downthecrossairs 5 років тому +57

    I never comment on any videos but I just had to for this video.. I remember doing Fourier Series in my dorm, using Matlab and I am absolutely struggling with Fourier Series and am having the absolute worst time trying to plot them, then one of my roommates who is studying physical therapy (the highest math he took was college Algebra) walks in and goes "ohh that's 'just' a line graph". Never been so mad in my life, had to forward this video to him.

    • @danbahadurgurung8593
      @danbahadurgurung8593 5 років тому +5

      teach him some lesson . lol . make him realise his major is comic infront of pure mathematics

    • @arthurmead5341
      @arthurmead5341 5 років тому +4

      He was right

    • @easyidle123
      @easyidle123 5 років тому +2

      @@arthurmead5341 u wot

    • @jamiebeamguard4388
      @jamiebeamguard4388 5 років тому

      Ahh yes, beautiful MatLab

    • @thomash4578
      @thomash4578 4 роки тому +2

      @@danbahadurgurung8593 that attitude is one of the things wrong with academics.
      One field of study is not better than another. I am sure there are aspects of PT that would confuse a mathematical major.

  • @du.desouza
    @du.desouza 3 роки тому

    This is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen. Thank you!

  • @jamesbonanno3359
    @jamesbonanno3359 4 роки тому +1

    Wow that was absolutely amazing! I haven't seen something on UA-cam that caught my interest so well in a long time. I subscribed and I hit the Bell.

  • @Soulsphere001
    @Soulsphere001 5 років тому +3

    This actually reminds me of something I've recently started wondering about Adobe Illustrator. The whole objects orbiting other objects, which is what he's doing here. Or, more specifically, vertexes orbiting other vertexes.

  • @GerbenWijnja
    @GerbenWijnja 5 років тому +137

    4:22 "it's actually gif" Well, the g stands for 'graphics' (Graphics Interchange Format) so the g should be pronounced as in graphics... the Turkish guy pronounced it correctly.

    • @exnihilodub
      @exnihilodub 5 років тому +21

      but you pronounce PC as "pee-see" not "pee-kee" right? oh btw I'm not a fan of calling them "jeefs" either.

    • @werk62
      @werk62 5 років тому +7

      The U in SCUBA stands for 'Underwater' but you don't pronounce it 'Sc-uh-ba'

    • @ozansahin97
      @ozansahin97 5 років тому +2

      he is saying like "graphics g" but in turkish language its pronounced also "graphics g" and i guess he is call it "graphics g " because of that

    • @jankoch267
      @jankoch267 5 років тому +3

      It's an acronym so the creator decides how it should be pronounced and Steve Wilhite called it as Destin said. ;)

    • @mvmlego1212
      @mvmlego1212 5 років тому +1

      In the words of the format’s creator, “choosey programmers choose gif”. It’s pronounced like the peanut butter brand.

  • @BokrosD
    @BokrosD 3 роки тому

    That is fantastic! I really appreciate what you do! I am not well educated and I am not a mathematician, but I thoroughly enjoy the way you take complex ideas and break them down. Keep doing what you are doing!

  • @danimal_1814
    @danimal_1814 Рік тому

    Love this ... just finished a master's degree and had some of this math in a "controls course" ... this is your best video ever. greetings from Switzerland. Hats off to Doga and your video channel. Daniel

  • @jesshorowitz3308
    @jesshorowitz3308 5 років тому +3

    Watching this instead of studying for the diff eq final tomorrow haha. Great visualization and I'm so glad I could kind of understand it after this semester! The SmarterEveryDay drawing function reminds of some kind of CNC laser cutting/milling program. Are fourier series, or something similar, used for vectoring?

  • @poutouellet
    @poutouellet 5 років тому +6

    This will revolutionalize the way Fourier series are explained in classes!

  • @NandishPatelV
    @NandishPatelV 2 роки тому +1

    WoW. I'm not a mathematician and have been trying to understand and visualise the Fourier series. Got it now! Thanks! KeepSmiling 😊🌺 I like the kids kit too. Will try it.

  • @mezzoedbey3802
    @mezzoedbey3802 4 роки тому +1

    As an EEE student, I totally loved your video
    Keep up the good work 😊

  • @AsyrafHalim
    @AsyrafHalim 5 років тому +5

    We apply this on vibration analysis, the time waveform, which also can be transformed into frequency spectrum via fast fourier transform (FFT)

  • @leitecunha
    @leitecunha 3 роки тому +18

    Wow, those thousands circles moving like crazy and drawing a perfect face was beautiful. I'd love to put them in 3D and see them layered in VR 😄

  • @terryrogers6232
    @terryrogers6232 3 роки тому

    I went to undergrad school in archaic times when the lab "desktop" computer had a thick cable to a big hot box under the table. We did Fourier on this machine but glowing 'nixie' tube readout did not give you a solid feeling about it. Therefore, we were required to make a 1st + 3rd + 5th harmonic approximation of a square wave using free running sine signal generators stacked on top of each other with a signal combining network output to an oscilloscope. It was maddening to hold them stable enough at low frequencies so we could take a picture for the lab report.
    Fourier series has some limitations representing impulses but can be extended using the integral form (infinite number of frequencies in any interval which is more useful than it sounds) and windowing...multiplying the function to be approximated by a function 'window' like an exponential before doing Fourier analysis. I don't think there are many instructors who can seat the concept firmly in a students mind so that, for example, the student is not flabbergasted to find LaPlace transforms can solve physical system time behavior but also reveal the frequency response at the same time. They don't see this method as a form of Fourier analysis (and maybe missed the superposition idea). Anyway, it's easier to use SPICE computer network analysis...and I do.
    Very nice video indeed!

  • @rodrigoavilalarriva
    @rodrigoavilalarriva 4 роки тому

    Very easy to visualise!!. It took me lot of effort when I was student to understand what here seems so simple. Thanks and congratulations

  • @deltaecho1
    @deltaecho1 5 років тому +7

    oh man ... somebody explained it to me finally in simple terms. Thank you!

  • @pat2rome
    @pat2rome 5 років тому +24

    As a synthesizer nerd, seeing this video pop up made me so happy.
    EDIT: and as a Georgia Tech grad, so did watching it!

    • @Wulfcry
      @Wulfcry 5 років тому +1

      Ahaah dare I say it if I'm guessing right FM synthesis.🤓

  • @ebrukeklek3237
    @ebrukeklek3237 3 роки тому

    Loved it. Please continue working with doga. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hansangb
    @hansangb 3 роки тому

    @0:48. Ahhhh the green grid paper. While I was visiting a book store for my son's college tour, I *had* to pick up a pack. It's been thirty years, but boy did it bring back memories!!!!! Everyone else thought it was weird, but I bet every engineering can commiserate and understand the nostalgia.

  • @PerryCodes
    @PerryCodes 3 роки тому +3

    "We can approximate anything as long you have enough terms." That right there is what makes mathematics so beautiful!!

  • @hansbolliger3682
    @hansbolliger3682 5 років тому +43

    A 78-years old SWISS-boy says you: Fan-tas-tic! Thank you for this video!

    • @rabbitpiet7182
      @rabbitpiet7182 5 років тому

      "sagt dir" nur einen Hinweis auf Englisch würde man "tell" stattdessen "say" da nutzten

    • @demef758
      @demef758 5 років тому +2

      You are not alone, Hans. This 72 year-old had the same reaction!

    • @charki40
      @charki40 5 років тому +1

      This 52 year old Aboriginal Australian had the same reaction too. Hello from Australia : )

    • @royaamuzumaki3891
      @royaamuzumaki3891 5 років тому +1

      This spoiled 15 year old punk was blown away too.........

  • @tycrocker8880
    @tycrocker8880 3 роки тому

    Best non-slo-mo video you've made!

  • @mrs2832
    @mrs2832 4 роки тому

    This is the best posdible explanation for fourier series.
    Thanks a million.

  • @Lightbulb909
    @Lightbulb909 4 роки тому +14

    I was smiling in amazement the whole time: I can watch this video for eternity!