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Fourier transforms on Cantor sets: A study in non-Diophantine arithmetic and calculus

Mathematical Physics 2016-07-26 v1 math.MP Chaotic Dynamics Quantum Physics

Abstract

Fractals equipped with intrinsic arithmetic lead to a natural definition of differentiation, integration and complex numbers. Applying the formalism to the problem of a Fourier transform on fractals we show that the resulting transform has all the expected basic properties. As an example we discuss a sawtooth signal on the ternary middle-third Cantor set. The formalism works also for fractals that are not self-similar.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05471,
  title  = {Fourier transforms on Cantor sets: A study in non-Diophantine arithmetic and calculus},
  author = {Diederik Aerts and Marek Czachor and Maciej Kuna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05471},
  year   = {2016}
}
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