Questions tagged [fast-fourier-transform]
Use this tag for questions related to the fast Fourier transform, an algorithm that samples a signal over a period of time (or space) and divides it into its frequency components.
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How do i get fourier series of signals given below
how can i calculate and plot $Ae^{-at}$ amplitude and phase spectrum?
how can i determine the trigonometric fourier series of the signal given below ?
Your help is appreciated !! Thanks
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FFT from scilab is different than wolfram alpha [on hold]
I am getting completely different values of FFT([1,2]) in scilab and Wolfram. I wondering what is going on and who is right.
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Number of Computation(Additions and Multiplications) in Prime Factor FFT [closed]
How to calculate the number of additions and multiplications in Prime-factor FFT.
like for 1008-point FFT or 432-point FFT.
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Analytical expression for PSD
Is it possible to obtain an analytical expression for the PSD?
The PSD is defined as follows,
$S(\omega) = lim_{T \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{T} |Y(\omega)|^2 $
Assuming there is $Y(\omega)$ ...
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Unexpected results for Fourier synthesis using IFFT in 2D
I am trying to recover a 2D function using inverse DFT, to my understanding the IDFT outputs the coefficients of the fourier series of the original function up to the Nyquist frequency.
So for ...
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DFT is not a sampling of FT?
From wikipedia:
The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) converts a finite sequence of equally-spaced samples of a function into a same-length sequence of equally-spaced samples of the discrete-time ...
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even/odd signals and their FFT
I want to use the following property of the Fourier transform:
Even functions have even transforms; odd functions have odd transforms.
in mathematical terms:
if $f(t)$ is a function that has an ...
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How does matrix vector multiplication scale a norm of vector?
Given a square Vandermonde matrix
$\mathbf{V} =$\begin{pmatrix}
1 & x_0 & x_0^2 & \ldots x_0^{n-1}\\
1 & x_1 & x_1^2 & \ldots x_1^{n-1}\\
\vdots\\
1 & x_{n-1} & x_{n-1}...
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Circulant matrix-vector product procedure
A circulant matrix $C$ can be represented as
$$C = F^{-1} \mbox{diag}(Fc) \, F$$
When $C$ is multiplied by vector $b$
$$C b = F^{-1} \mbox{diag}(Fc) \, (F b)$$
My question only about procedure. ...
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Applying Fourier transform to represent equation with integral as a sum of variables
According to a paper the equation with integral
$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}dx \rho_0(\lambda)e^{-b\lambda}=1/N$ (#1) where
$\rho_0(\lambda)$ is a distribution function, $N$ is a natural number, can be ...
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Is it possible to use FFT to derive a Fourier series fitting to data?
I want to do something like what is done in this question about fitting , ie find a Fourier series that approximates a continuous but complicated function. However I want to know whether it is ...
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Question about the FFT version of the gradient of a function.
We know that for a sufficiently smooth function $f:\mathbb{R}^{3}\to\mathbb{R}$, its Fourier Transform $\hat{f}(\mathbf{k}) \colon= \mathcal{F}\{f\}$ should satisfy (using integration by parts):
$$\...
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order of accuracy for numerically evaluating $u''(x) +u'(x) +u(x) = e^{-x^2}$ with regard to grid resolution
I was asked (an homework assignment) to apply FFT in order to approximate a solution for the ODE $u''(x) + u'(x) + u(x) = e^{-x^2}$ such that $u(x)$ satisfies the conditions: $u(\pi) = u(-\pi) , u'(\...
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How to convert X,Y Cartesian data to 3D spectrum (frequency, direction, spectral density)?
My question is as follows. I have x,y motion. normally I would ignore directionality and just look at the spectral density of each by performing a FFT on it. For my current problem directionality is ...
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Multiplying Many-Variable Polynomials Using Fast Fourier Transforms
I'm having some trouble figuring out how to use Fast Fourier Transforms to multiply multivariate polynomials. I'm writing a program that intended to expand a large polynomial made of lots of small ...
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Comparability of Analytic Signal with (Discrete) Fourier Analysis
I am working with a finite signal response from an experiment. Basically, I feed in a uniform amplitude sine wave which ramps from 20Hz to 20kHz over the course of 50 seconds, and I read the output, ...
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Confused With using Fast Fourier Transformation for solving equations
As far as I know, the 3 steps of FFT while solving $F_nc = y$ :
Split c into c', c'' such that c' contains elements with even indexes from c and c'' contains the odd ones.
Now we have $F_mc' = y'$ ...
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FFT: Multiplying multiple poynomials in O(KSlogS) time
I have a problem where I have to use the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm $K$ polynomials $P_1,...,P_K$ where $\mbox{deg}(P_1) + · · · + \mbox{deg}(P_K) = S$.
I have to show that I can find the ...
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Fast Fourier Transform with Negative Integer Exponent
Given $f(x)=ax+b+\frac{c}{x}$ and $N$, I'd like to ask how to calculate $\sum_{i=1}^{N}f(x)^i$ efficiently using fast Fourier transform?
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Convert Real and Imaginary part from FFT to bands
how can I convert real and imaginary part from FFT to octave bands? I know how to do it for Absolute value, but dont know for Re, Im parts.
Thanks
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Question about roots of unity in the Fast Fourier Transform
I am learning about the Fast Fourier Transform, which converts a polynomial from its coefficient representation into its point-wise form using divide-and-conquer. The Fast Fourier Transform evaluates ...
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How to implement boundary value in Python using spectral methods
I want to solve the heat equation $$u_t=au_{xx},\quad 0\leq t, \ 0\leq x\leq\pi$$ in Python using spectral methods. I set $u(0,x)=\sin(x)$ as initial value for the time and choose $a=2$. My Code:
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How does scaling in frequency domain affect real space?
I have a 3 dimensional array of real data corresponding to measurements in physical 3D space, and its corresponding data in spectral space.
I want to scale certain specific frequencies in the ...
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Fast Fourier transform of the Gaussian function
As I know, the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function is also Gaussian.
The simple verification for that is shown below.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FourierTransformGaussian.html
But fast ...
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Can FFT be used to cluster sound waves based on their similarity?
I am new to this so apologies if the question appears trivial.
Say we have n sound files and we want to cluster them to identify which ones are more similar. I ...
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circulant matrix inversion using fast fourier transform
I am Huda. May I know, if I have a circulant matrix, can I calculate its inversion using fast fourier transform? If yes, I really need an explanation.
Thank you.
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2D FFT with unit stride data access?
I am trying to design a large 1D FFT by splitting N into two smaller FFTs of sizes N1 and N2. This is common approach stemming from the Cooley Tukey Algorithm. My FFT is taking time sampled data in ...
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How to re-scale and do correctly the discrete Fourier transform.
I'm stuck with the re-scaling and the proper choice of parameters in doing the discrete Fourier transform. I explain: Suppose you want to calculate the Fourier transform
$$
F(p) = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int ...
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Average of product of Fourier transform of two signals
I have two signals which depend on x and z, $a(x,z)$ and $b(x,z)$. Their Fourier transform along both directions is denoted as $A(k_x,k_z)$ and $B(k_x,k_z)$, respectively. I would like to compute the ...
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Matrix factorisation of the Fourier matrix
I am currently reading a paper Low Communication FMM-Accelerated FFT on GPUs
In that I am not able to understand the definition of the twiddle factor matrix $T_{P, M}$.
The Fourier matrix $F_N$ is ...
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DFT of a series of RC exponentials
Context: I'm trying use matlab to apply a single-pole filter to a time-domain ramp waveform that is generated by a sequence of time-shifted "RC steps" that are added together.
The time domain voltage ...
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Calculate $Av^{\rightarrow}$ using FFT
Given a vector $v^{\rightarrow} = (v_0,v_1, ... v_{n-1})$
And given the matrix A =
$(a_0, a_1 ... a_{n-1})$
$(a_{n-1}, a_0,...., a_{n-2})$
$(a_{n-2}, a_{n-1}, a_0,...., a_{n-3})$
.....
$(a_1, ......
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Fourier tranform of the derivative
I have been recently studing Fourier transform and there is a proposition that says: If $\lim \limits_{x \to\infty}xf(x)=\lim\limits_{{x}\to -\infty}xf(x)=0$ then $$\hat{f'}(z)=-iz\hat{f}(z)$$
and ...
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Could families of “Airys” and “Bairys” of integer “frequencies” be useful?
A very famous family of functions are the complex exponentials and in the case of real valued functions, the sin and cos functions. They are related by the famous Euler formulas:
$$\exp(i\phi) = \cos(...
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Fast Fourier Transform algoritm - simple explanation(step by step)
I can't find step by step explanation of the FFT algorithm. Why it is faster than common DFT?
As I understand, we calculate DFT for $X$, and for $Y$, then merge them and got the final DFT.
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Any Efficient Multiplication with a Primitive Root over Prime Field?
Description: to multiply the "complex unit" $w^{N/4}$ over a prime field, i.e., $w^N \equiv 1 \bmod (\,p)$ (suppose $p, N$ do provide such primitive root).
I am implementing the radix-4 Number ...
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Fourier odd and even extension of descending steps function
Can anybody help me find even and odd extension of the descending steps function if $f(x)$ be:
\begin{cases}
f(x)= 1 & x\in[0,1]\\
f(x)= (0.5) & x\in[1,2]
\end{cases}
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Should DFT of cosine function be infinite at its frequency?
The Fourier transform of the cosine function is an infinite spike (Dirac delta function) at the frequency of the cosine wave. But it seems most DFT programs give a finite spike corresponding to the ...
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Discrete Fourier transform of sampled sin function nothing like continuous?
So I'm a little confused about what is going on with the discrete Fourier transform.
I tested out discrete Fourier transform with a little python script on a sin function
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Coordinates of a vector FFT
I was reading a paper about DFT, at the end he got the relations $Y=\frac{1}{\sqrt N}W_n \cdot y$ and $y=\frac{1}{\sqrt N}W_n \cdot Y$, where $y$ is a vector and $Y$ is the coordinates of that vector ...
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Why is the dot product of two columns $j$ and $k$ in FFT equal to $1+w^{j-k} + \dots + w^{(n-1)(j-k)}$?
The matrix is of the following form:
$\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 1 & \cdots & 1 & 1 \\
1 & w & \cdots & w ^{n-2} & w^{n-1} \\
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots &...
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How to minimize sum of matrix-convolutions?
Given $A$, what should be B so that
$\lVert I \circledast A - I \circledast B \rVert _2$
is minimal for any $I$?
$I \in \mathbb{R}^{20x20}, A \in \mathbb{R}^{5x5}, B \in \mathbb{R}^{3x3}. $ Note ...
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Fourier transform of delta(dirac) function-multiplication with exp function
I am trying to find an integral of multiplication exponential function with a delta function.
I know a property of delta function that if I would like to take the integral of the multiplication delta ...
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Informations about Fourier Transform for a Python project (sound manipulation)
I have a project in Python with a friend where we want to manipulate music sound, and we'll need Fourier Transforms, so I made research online and wanted to know if I understand correctly the concepts....
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Most efficient method to find peak frequency of an FFT
I'm using a real to complex fft to get the peak frequency of a signal. What I want to know is the most efficient way to find the index of that peak. I currently use im^2 + re^2 and compare to the ...
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Efficient way to do a Fourrier Transform like operation
Suppose we have two functions $f,g:[0,\infty) \rightarrow [0,\infty)$. Then one can use Fast Fourrier Transforms to quickly compute $\int_0^t f(t-s) g(s) \, ds$ for $t$ in some range of values $[0,T]$ ...
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How to calculate 8-point FFT of data by hand
Given the following data:
Two period sine; samples = [0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1];
I am asked to calculate the FFT of the sampled data to find the complex coefficients.
I don't necessarily want the ...
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fft algorithm - twidle multiplication
im trying to understand how fft(fast fourier transform) algorithm work and after watching several videos i couldn't understand why there is multiplication with Wn in this specific places and why the ...
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Not getting expected results with FFT
So I made this virtual car that moves at a velocity that is the sum of three different sine waves (whose individual frequencies I know). I constructed this velocity time graph
Then I perform a FFT on ...
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Discrete Hartley Transform when N=8
Hi I am currently studying FHT Algorithm but have a hard time to grasp it.
I want to calculate FHT when N=8.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HartleyTransform.html
thanks to (19) of the upper link, the ...
