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minus-squareSphks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-220 days agoWith polar coordinates and Fourier transforms, you can draw the outlines of tons of figures. But you can’t go back. Imagine that you can go with your pen around the center in only one direction, but any distance from the center.
minus-squareZement@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days ago… I think you can go back… but maybe I didn’t get your explanation
With polar coordinates and Fourier transforms, you can draw the outlines of tons of figures. But you can’t go back. Imagine that you can go with your pen around the center in only one direction, but any distance from the center.
… I think you can go back… but maybe I didn’t get your explanation