Did Nāgārjuna describe features of the Fourier transform?
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The Fourier transform describes how to transform between cyclic and non cyclic. Did Nāgārjuna describe this already several centuries before Fourier as described in Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20 ?
A full translation to western terms is
>25:19–20
>न संसारस्य निर्वाणात् किं चिद् अस्ति विशेषणं
>na saṁsārasya nirvāṇāt kiṁ cid asti viśeṣaṇaṁ
>There is nothing whatsoever of the cyclic distinguishing (it) from the non cyclic.
>ननिर्वाणस्य संसारात् किं चिद् अस्ति विशेषणं। १९
>na nirvāṇasya saṁsārāt kiṁ cid asti viśeṣaṇaṁ| 19
>There is nothing whatsoever of the non cyclic distinguishing it from the cyclic.
निर्वाणस्य च या कोटिः।कोटिः। संसरणस्य च
>nirvāṇasya ca yā koṭiḥ koṭiḥ saṁsaraṇasya ca
>(That?) is the limit which is the limit of the non cyclic and the limit of the cyclic;
>न तयोर् अन्तरं किंचित् सुसूक्ष्मम् अपि विद्यते। २०
>na tayor antaraṁ kiñcit susūkśmam api vidyate| 20
>Even a very subtle interval is not found of (between) them.
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