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Discrete Fourier Transform

The Fourier Transform is a powerful tool to convert a continuous function from the time domain into the frequency domain. The Fourier transform, however, is an integral transform; it is done by integration. This cannot be done with a discrete function. The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) allows us to transform a discrete function from the time domain into the frequency domain.

If $x(n)$ is a discrete function in time, then the DFT of $x(n)$ would be:

${\mbox{DFT}}[x(n)]\equiv X(m)\equiv \sum _{n=0}^{N-1}x(n)e^{-j{\frac {2\pi nm}{N}}}$

Principle author: Jeffrey Wonoprabowo