Fast Fourier Transform
Fast Fourier Transform
Fast Fourier Transform
Definition
• All Periodic Waves Can be Generated
by Combining Sin and Cos Waves of
Different Frequencies
• Number of Frequencies may not be
finite
• Fourier Transform Decomposes a
Periodic Wave into its Component
Frequencies
DFT Definition
• Sample consists of n points, wave
amplitude at fixed intervals of time:
(p0,p1,p2, ..., pn-1) (n is a power of 2)
• Result is a set of complex numbers
giving frequency amplitudes for sin and
cos components
• Points are computed by polynomial:
P(x)=p0+p1x+p2x2+ ... +pn-1xn-1
DFT Definition, continued
• The complete DFT is given by
P(1), P(w), P(w2), ... ,P(wn-1)
w
i0
i
0
Divide and Conquer
• Compute an n-point DFT using one or
more n/2-point DFTs
• Need to find Terms involving w2 in following
polynomial
• P(w)=p0+p1w+p2w2+p3w3+p4w4+ ... +pn-1wn-
1