1. A method for recognizing a pattern in information comprising data, the method comprising: producing data representative of one or more physical characteristics or one or more representations of physical characteristics within a physical context of an item of interest with a transducer; inputting said data into a computer comprising a memory and a display device; encoding, in said computer, said data as parameters of a plurality of Fourier components in Fourier space; adding at least two of said Fourier components together to form at least one Fourier series in Fourier space; sampling at least one of said Fourier series in Fourier space with a filter to form a sampled Fourier series; modulating said sampled Fourier series in Fourier space with said filter to form a modulated Fourier series; determining a spectral similarity between said modulated Fourier series and another Fourier series; determining a probability expectation value based on said spectral similarity; generating a probability operand based on said probability expectation value; selecting a desired value for said probability operand, wherein recognition of a pattern in said information is obtained when said probability operand has said desired value; and displaying said recognized pattern on said display device.