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Failure of Fourier Analysis applied to Vowel Vibrations
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Failure of Fourier Analysis applied to Vowel Vibrations

  • E. W. SCRIPTURE1 

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THE curve in Fig. 1a was produced by multiplying each ordinate of the curve y = a sin wx by the value or the corresponding ordinate of the curve y =e-δx. The two component curves are shown in Fig. 1b.

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SCRIPTURE, E. Failure of Fourier Analysis applied to Vowel Vibrations. Nature 136, 223 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136223a0

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