I want to know what the prerequisites are for fully grasping Fourier analysis, and some free pdfs and such to help me with it (no videos, actual paper I can print and read/ make exercises at school).
I am asking this because I remember that I asked my math teacher when I was 13 what the prereqs were for linear algebra and he gave me a really intimidating list involving advanced calculus and such, and I decided to just continue playing video games. Then last year (at 16) I decided I was competent enough at Halo and I just started doing linear algebra and it was really easy; I didn't need anything advanced at all, and anything I needed I just learned along the way. My teacher basically misinformed me.
So, will I need calculus? For some reason I dread having the selfstudy calculus, everything I already know about it bores me and it is just so much.
Best Answer
Here you have the link to MIT open courseware on Fourier Series. There is lots of material. But as it has been mentioned you need Calculus. And to understand properly what you are doing you need also Real Analysis.
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