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James Cooley

Also Known As James William Cooley
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James William Cooley was an American mathematician who worked at institutions including the Institute for Advanced Study and the IBM Watson Research Center. His most significant contribution was co-developing the Cooley-Tukey fast Fourier transform algorithm with John Tukey in 1965, which revolutionized digital signal processing.

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Birth Year
1926 1
Birth Date
1926-09-18 1
Death Year
2016 1
Death Date
2016-06-29 1
Nationality
American 1
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Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooley-Tukey_FFT_algorithm: "Cooley and Tukey subsequently published their joint paper" introducing the modern Cooley-Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm.

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James William Cooley (September 18, 1926, June 29, 2016) was an American mathematician.
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