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Fast Fourier Transform

The Cooley–Tukey algorithm splits an N-point DFT into interleaved even- and odd-index DFTs of size N/2 and reuses the symmetry of the roots of unity, cutting the cost from O(N²) to O(N log N) — the speedup that makes real-time spectral analysis and fast convolution practical.

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The Cooley–Tukey algorithm splits an N-point DFT into interleaved even- and odd-index DFTs of size N/2 and reuses the symmetry of the roots of unity, cutting the cost from O(N²) to O(N log N) — the speedup that makes real-time spectral analysis and fast convolution practical.

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