This is an interview questionHow are neural nets related to Fourier transforms?I could find papers that talk about methods to process the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) by a single-layer neural network with a linear transfer function. Is there some other correlation that I'm missing?
How are neural nets related to Fourier transforms?
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They are not related in any meaningful sense. Sure, you can use them both to extract features, or do any number of things, but the same can be said about a many techniques. I would have asked what kind of neural network? to see if the interviewer had something specific in mind.