On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 03:48:59PM -0400, Jeff Woods wrote:
> They represent the boundaries of the size of the FFT (Fast Fourier 
> Transforms) lookup tables used to do the gargantuan divisions that would 
> otherwise be impossible in a reasonable time.

First: You probably mean multiplications, not divisions.

Second: The FFT is not a lookup table. Sure, it uses lookup tables (that
probably grow with the FFT length), but it is not primarily a lookup table.
It's a transformation that enables you to move your data into a form
where squaring is incredibly much simpler, and then back to round off.

/* Steinar */
- who was been on the list for almost ten years now, and still doesn't
  understand the magical trick to halve the FFT length :-/
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