The Gabor Function: Where Math Meets Vision
From quantum mechanics to AI: How one brilliant function revolutionized our understanding of signals, images, and intelligence
In 1946, a Hungarian physicist named Dennis Gabor had a wild idea: What if we could analyze signals in both time AND frequency simultaneously? His mathematical breakthrough not only won him a Nobel Prize but also became the secret sauce behind modern computer vision, deep learning, and even how your brain processes what you see right now!