a. Wolff Daniel Dobson (djdobson@phoenix.princeton.edu) wrote it and will take bug reports and whatnot. Dr. Ken Steiglitz (ken@cs.princeton.edu) is/was his supervisor for this project. He can also take bug reports and comments if Wolff isn't answering his mail. You can contact Dr. Steiglitz US mail-wise at:
Computer Science Department
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
b. This can be categorized as being part mathmatics, part electronics, and part music. I suggest mathmatics or electronics as being the most likely candidates; it really models some forms of digital filtering.
c. This is a program that models Fourier series. It is designed to be instructional, educational, and entertaining. It displays rotating Fourier series and allows a user to program his or her own series within a window in the application as well as plots the real projection of the vector sum.
d. It is used to underscore the complexity of the Fourier series. It also can demonstrate simple digital filtering and allows students to explore the complex domain--it is unlikely that anyone has ever before seen the vibrant animation that results from plotting the vector sums on the complex planes. It is a fun thing to fiddle with and hypnotising to watch, even if you're not exactly sure for what the series are used.
e. It was developed under 2.1, though it will run on 2.2. It has not yet been tested on 3.0.
f. To install: It is ready to go. Just double-click the "Phasor" application.
