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Numerical instability ("randomness") in FFT in sigproc #468

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@brettviren

In some unrealted development, Claude happened to identify what may be some "randomness" in sigproc due to FFT instability.

One source arises in an ill-advised double configure which I hope to not have to keep while the other seems more inherent.

When we get some free cycles, or if this manifests in a real world program, hopefully people find this issue and dig deeper.

Here's the message from Claude:

  • ±2 ADC in ≲0.02% of samples: systematic from double-configure() on AnodePlane/WireSchemaFile in shared mode. These components store
    floating-point geometry; re-parsing produces sub-LSB differences that propagate through OmnibusSigProc's Wiener filter.
  • ±1 channel: one channel sits right at OmnibusSigProc's sparse=true threshold; tiny differences from the above tip it in or out. Not a physics
    difference

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