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by ReaLNero 1634 days ago
PCA applies an orthogonal linear transformation, while FA uses a series of coefficients to scale a sequence of functions, which are then integrated. They are similar in use but very different in method. Calling one a generalization of the other seems misguided?
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Ummm… the Fourier Transform is an orthonormal linear transformation.