平滑运动的圆在傅里叶分析（马修·亨德森）

一系列圆，每个圆的圆心在另一个圆上，每个圆都在以某一速率自转，同时绕着“父亲圆”以某一速率公转，这样的模型可以无限趋近于任意的复杂模型

The smooth motion of rotating circles can be used to build up any repeating curve even one as angular as a digital square wave. Each circle spins at a multiple of a fundamental frequency, and a method called Fourier analysis shows how to pick the radiuses of the circles to make the picture work. Decomposing signals like this lies at the heart of a lot of signal processing.