658 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 44, NUMBER 6 I n this article we will compare the classical methods of Fourier analysis with the newer methods of wavelet analysis. Given a signal, say a sound or an image, Fourier analysis easily calculates the frequencies and the amplitudes of those frequencies which make up the signal. This provides a broad overview of the characteristics of the signal, which is...

Spread options are a fundamental class of derivative contracts written on multiple assets and are widely traded in a range of financial markets. There is a long history of approximation methods for computing such products, but as yet there is no preferred approach that is accurate, efficient, and flexible enough to apply in general asset models. The present paper introduces a new formula for ge...

Grazing X-ray reflectometry allows the analysis of thin layer stacks. The fitting of the reflectivity curve by a trial and error method can be used in order to determine the parameters of the films. Fourier analysis of the experimental reflectivity can directly give a rough determination of the profit index. Application to real examples shows the validity of the method.

We study a.e. convergence on L, and Lorentz spaces L, p > 2d d−1 , for variants of Riesz means at the critical index d( 1 2 − 1 p )− 1 2 . We derive more general results for (quasi-)radial Fourier multipliers and associated maximal functions, acting on L spaces with power weights, and their interpolation spaces. We also include a characterization of boundedness of such multiplier transformation...

Fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) is a generalization of the Fourier transform, rediscovered many times over the past 100 years. In this paper, we provide an overview of recent contributions pertaining to the FRFT. Specifically, the paper is geared toward signal processing practitioners by emphasizing the practical digital realizations and applications of the FRFT. It discusses threemajor top...

The data-analytic methodology of dihedral reductions for cyclic orbits of distinct-base codons is described both in terms of Fourier analysis over the dihedral groups and in (algebraically equivalent) terms of canonical projections. Numerical evaluations are presented for discrete and continuous scalar data indexed by cyclic orbits.