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		memexy on June 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is the Fourier transform so important? So which property is missing? What you listed and explained applies to the Fourier transform. Isometries preserve distances which sounds pretty stable.

credit_guy on June 26, 2020 [–]

None. The Fourier transform certainly has all 3 properties.

The Laplace transform is not very stable, it's difficult to invert. So it's going to always be second tier compared to Fourier.

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