# Is the Two Dimensional Fourier transform equivalent to an infinite number of One Dimensional Fourier Transforms? [closed]

I'm trying to understand 2d Fourier Transforms as applied to images.

Given an image, is a 2d transform equivalent to taking an infinite amount of slices of the 2d image to form a one dimensional function and then applying a 1d Fourier Transform on each slice/one variable function?

Also, if you can, could you also explain how my description would be represented algebraically, and if there are any relations to the 2d Fourier Transform (if my explanation is inaccurate)?

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• I don't see why this question should be closed. I think the idea in it is wrong, but that's all the more reason it should be answered. – David K May 4 '18 at 12:32

No; it's a composition of $2$ different $1$-dimensional Fourier transforms, viz. $$\int dx dy f(x,\,y)\exp i(kx+qy)=\int dy \bigg[\int dx f(x,\,y) \exp ikx\bigg]\exp iqy.$$
• @Goldname If you define the Fourier transform of $f(x)$ with $d$-dimensional $x$ as $\int (2\pi)^{-d/2}f(y)\exp -ix\cdot y$, which is also a function of $x$, on the space of such functions the transform is unitary so it's like a rotation. If a composition of two Fourier transforms is still Fourier, that's because we've found two rotations of a certain type whose composition is a third such rotation. – J.G. Apr 27 '18 at 6:06