Teaching Fourier analysis in a microcomputer based laboratory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 906-913

  Büll, Ingo ^a   Lincke, Reimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0040657248     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18120     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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6. All the equipment and programs mentioned in this article are available from ELWE Lehrsysteme GmbH, Elwestrasse 6, 38162 Cremlingen, Germany.
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