Random thoughts - Sine wave

So, I was working on a problem of analysing some real world sensor data when I
landed upon Fourier series. It is a mathematical tool that can represent any
arbitrary function as a sum of sinusoidal functions. Imagine, you scribble
something on a paper and there exists a way to actually mathematically
represent the scribbling as a function, that's Fourier series for you. It worked
so magically that I was intrigued. Questions like how can anything be
represented as sine and more importantly why is this true kept me thinking. So
I went back and started finding out what a sine function actually represent.
Turns out, we as students have been introduced to sine function as early as 9th
standard. The first definitions that I remember are sine(theta) =opp/hyp. Ok,
so sine relates the sides of a triangle!. Then in 10th standard, r*sine(theta) is a
solution to a circle of radius 'r'. Hmmm, sine has something to do with circles!!.
Then in 11th standard, sine (x) can be represented as infinite series of odd
polynomial powers of x. Huh, sine is a infinite series of something!!!. To add
confusion, in 12th standard, sine is represented as average of rising and falling
complex exponentials. WTF, sine is related to exponentials and complex numbers
also!!!. I was loosing it. So many definitions but what does it actually mean ??
I dont believe when people say I was staring at the answer but I couldn't
figure it out. So here I was staring at the google search results for sine and one
of the entries read 'Sine wave'. The answer struck me and ideas flowed into my
brain. It took me a while and here is my guess at why Fourier series is true. Sine
is a solution to a set of differential equations, known as wave equations.
Meaning, sine represents any quantity that has a wave characteristics. Now,
relate this to our arbitrary function. Arbitrary functions can be represented as
sum of sines. Arbitrary functions can be treated as waves!!!. Anything can be
wave. This statement looks like the statements in Quantum mechanics where
people say Matter can behave like particles or waves, the Duality principle. I
think that since any interaction of matter can be wave like, they can be
represented as sum of waves (sines).

Can Fourier series and Quantum mechanics mean one and the same? I don't
know but it seems to make sense. I am not a expert in either, so I welcome any
conversations on this topic. My mail id is rago.iitm@gmail.com