• @MotoAsh
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    10 months ago

    If you listened to music, your phone used them about a billion times. … well, not exactly since more efficient algorithms than full perfect computation exist, but…

    Same for GPS, cell signal processing, camera functions… They’re all over the place. Taking that picture required it.

    • @Blue_Morpho
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      210 months ago

      While it is necessary to understand the background, digitized sampling and Fourier transforms of the data don’t calculate sin/cos/tan.

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        10 months ago

        Like I said: more efficient algorithms have been figured out. That doesn’t mean those equations are magically meaningless or not involved conceptually. Trigonometry is everywhere, doing important things.