Etymology

Riemann-Lebesgue lemma

Today it means: A lemma, of importance in harmonic analysis and asymptotic analysis, stating that the Fourier transform or Laplace transform of an L1 function vanishes at infinity. Full definition →

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Named after German mathematician Bernhard Riemann and French mathematician Henri Lebesgue.

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