Fourier and Napoleon: A Political and Scientific Alliance

Although we usually associate Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier with mathematics and the Fourier Series, he was also very politically active and a keen supporter of the French Revolution. In this short, we examine the lesser-known historical connections between Fourier and the legendary French emperor Napoleon.

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[uwais]

Hello can you make a video on the comparison between things in the Fourier domain and the time domain. For example, if a signal was continuous and periodic in the time domain what would it look like in the Fourier domain and why.

[rezah]

napoleon couped the french revolution so it doesnt make sense that fourier supported both the 'french' revolution and napoleon

[basemathpalesa]

To think Fourier n Napoleon worked together and the genocides napoleon practiced in Africa, i wanna puke