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Need to show bounded behavior of a particular Fourier transform
First let me be briefly state the relevant information to my problem:
$\beta(s) \in C_0^{\infty}([-1,1])$, and $\beta \equiv 1$ around $s=0$. The $\beta$ I'm using is an even function, but it doesn't ...
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Function and Fourier transform vanish on an interval
I'm no expert on these things (and this may not be cutting edge research level; it's really motivated by this MSE question), but it seems that there are non-zero measures (and also functions (?), I ...
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Inequality about the Fourier transform: $\Vert u \Vert_{L^k} \le \Vert \mathcal{F}(u) \Vert_{L^m}$ (where $1 \le m \le 2$ and $m,k$ Holder conjugates)
How can I prove the following inequality about the Fourier transform?
$$\Vert u \Vert_{L^k(\mathbb{R}^N)} \le \Vert \mathcal{F}(u) \Vert_{L^m(\mathbb{R}^N)}$$ for $1 \le m \le 2$ and $m,k$ Holder ...
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Is flatness of Wigner Ville Distribution of error function in Fourier Approximation possible? Is it required?
For a real valued function $f(t)$ I want to check the information left, after taking a Fourier partial sum/integral. Let $\hat{f}$ be its Fourier transform and let $$e_{\omega}(t) = f(t) - \int\...
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Does the Fourier transform preserve the separation property?
The space of Schwartz functions on the plane is denoted by $\mathcal{S}$.
The usual multiplication and the convolution multiplication on $\mathcal{S}$ are denoted by $m_1$ and $m_2$, respectively.
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Fourier transform that is almost a brick wall - but why?
Let $$g(x) := \sqrt{1+x^2},$$ and $$h(x) := g^{-3/2}(x) \exp(-i2\pi g(x)).$$
I can observe that the Fourier transform $|H(f)|$ is almost flat if $|f|<1$, and $H(f)\approx 0, \; |f|>1$.
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Decay of the Fourier transform of a compactly supported continuous BV function
If $f$ is a compactly supported bounded variation function on the real line $\mathbb R$, its Fourier transform $\widehat f$ can be estimated as $|\widehat f(\xi)| = O(|\xi|^{-1})$, $|\xi|\to\infty$. ...
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Extension of Paley-Wiener-Schwartz theorem to vector-valued distributions
Let $H_{j} := (H_{j}, \| \cdot \|_{H_{j}} ), j=0,1$ be a Hilbert space, and set
\begin{equation*}
{\mathscr S}'(\mathbb{R}^{n}, H_0; H_1) := {\mathscr L}( {\mathscr S}(\mathbb{R}^{n}, H_0), H_1)
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Uniform estimates of Fourier transform of tempered functions with parameters
Consider the following function in $\mathbb{R}^3$:
$$
f_t(x)=(1+|x|^2)^{-\alpha}e^{-g(x)t},\,\,\,\,\, \text{where}\,\, g(x)=\frac{x^2_1\cdot x^2_2}{1+|x|^2},
$$
where $\frac{1}{2}<\alpha<1$, and ...
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Half Poisson summation
Suppose $f$ is a Schwartz function on $\mathbb{R}$. Is there a closed formula for $$\sum_0^\infty \hat{f}(n)$$ where $\hat{f}$ is the $n$-th Fourier coefficient of $f$?
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Error of Discrete Fourier Transform on Finite Domain (vs. Continuous FT) in terms of Sobolev order
My question is about quantifying the error that occurs by approximating the continuous Fourier transform on a finite domain by using a discretised version with resolution $N$ for a function of a given ...
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Reading off the Fourier coefficients whether a function is everywhere locally bounded except for finitely many points
Suppose we consider an $L^2$-function
$f:[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}$.
How does the property "$f$ is a.e. bounded by a rational function" translate in terms of the Fourier coefficients?
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Extension of function that minimizes function of Fourier transform
Suppose that $f$ is a given (smooth) function defined on $B\subset \mathbb R^n$. (For simplicity, take $B$ to be the unit ball but more generally we can take $B$ to be some other measurable set). How ...
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Fourier vs Laplace transforms
In solving a linear system, when would I use a Fourier transform versus a Laplace transform? I am not a mathematician, so the little intuition I have tells me that it could be related to the boundary ...
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Is there an uncertainty principle for Fourier pairs everywhere dominated by $t^{-A}$?
Hardy's uncertainty principle states that a real function $f$ and its Fourier transform $\widehat{f}$ may not both decay faster at infinity than the standard Gaussian $e^{-\pi t^2}$, unless $f = 0$. ...
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How can obtain energy of a signal using stockwell´s transform?
The stockwell´s transform is defined as: $$S(t,f) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty x(\tau)w(t-τ,f)e^{-2\pi if\tau}d\tau$$ Where $$w(t-τ,f)$$ is the gaussian window.
I need obtain the energy of a signal using ...
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A question about Fourier transform of function of the type $Q(x)(1+P(x))^{z}$
For simplicity, consider in $\mathbb{R}^3$, and the Fourier transform of the following function
$$f=(x_1+x_2+x_3)(1+|x|^2+x_1^2(x_2^2+x_3^2)+x_2^2x_3^2)^{-t+is},~~ \frac12<t<1,~~s\in \mathbb{R}.$...
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About Fourier transforms of piecewise linear functions. [closed]
Consider a function $f$ which is $0$ for $x< 1$ and is say $x-1$ for $x >1$.
Consider a function $g$ which is $0$ for $x <2$ and is say $x -2$ for $x>2$.
Now using some kind of ...
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Solution to inhomogenous PDE
Given the equation $(1-\Delta)u=f$ for $f \in S(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (rapidly decreasing functions) we get by taking the Fourier transform that
$u = \left(\frac{1}{2\pi}\right)^{\frac{n}{2}}\mathcal{F}^{-...
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Fourier transform surjective on $L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ for $p \in (1,2)$?
I know that $F_2:L^2 \rightarrow L^2$ is of course unitary, whereas $F_1:L^1 \rightarrow C_0$ is injective but not surjective. This can be seen by looking at the dual map.
Riesz-Thorin gives us that ...
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Eigenvectors of the Fourier transformation
The Fourier transform $\hat u$ is defined on the Schwartz space $\mathscr S(\mathbb R^n)$
by
$
\hat u(\xi)=\int e^{-2iπ x\cdot \xi} u(x) dx.
$
It is an isomorphism of $\mathscr S(\mathbb R^n)$ and the ...
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Is there a $C_c^{\infty}( \mathbb{R}^d)$ function whose Fourier transform we can explicitly write down?
I noticed that although $C_c^{\infty}$-functions are dense in some quite large spaces and well understood (especially their Fourier transform) I have never encountered an explicit example of a ...
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What is the Fourier transform of this function?
Consider the function
$$
f(x_1,x_2)=|x_1x_2|^{-\alpha/2}\int_{\mathbb{R}} \frac{e^{it(x_1+u)}-1}{i(x_1+u)} \frac{e^{it(x_2-u)}-1}{i(x_2-u)} |u|^{-\beta}du.
$$
It is known that $f(x_1,x_2)\in L^2(\...
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Estimate a Fourier Transform [closed]
I'm reading an article which claims the following result (p.9): if $f : \mathbb{R}^{2} \to \mathbb{R}$ is of the form $f(x_1,x_2) = \sin (N x_{1}) h (g^{-1}(x))$, where $g$ is a diffeomorphism and $h$ ...
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How to relate this summation to standard discrete cosine transformation?
The standard type III discrete cosine transformation (DCT) is defined as follows:
$${X_k} = \frac{1}{2}{x_0} + \sum\limits_{n = 1}^{N - 1} {{x_n}} \cos \left[ {\frac{\pi }{N}n\left( {k + \frac{1}{2}} ...
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What are the spaces for which the Fourier transform is an automorphism? [closed]
this is well-known that the Fourier transform is an automorphism of $L^2(\mathbb R)$ and also of $\mathcal S(\mathbb R)$ (Schwartz space). Is there any other spaces of functions of one real variable ...
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Why decompose a function with eigenvectors of Laplace operator? [closed]
On periodic domain, people always use Fourier basis, which eigenvectors of Laplace operator. On sphere, people use spherical harmonics, which also are eigenvectors of Laplace operator. In applied ...
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If $\mathcal{F}$ is the Fourier transform, what can be said about $\mathcal{F}(L^1(\mathbb{R})) \cap L^1(\mathbb{R})$?
The Fourier transform gives a map of the Schwartz space to itself which turns out to be a linear homeomorphism of period 4.
However, when the domain is extended to $L^1(\mathbb{R})$, the situation is ...
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Resolvent of the operator
Consider the Laplace operator defined on the biggest possible subset of$L^{2}(R^{2})$:
$T= - \partial^{2}_{x} -\partial^{2}_{y}+x^{2}+y^{2}+ 2.i(x \frac{\partial}{\partial y}-y\frac{\partial}{\...
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Solving a simple Schrödinger equation with Fast Fourier Transforms
While trying to solve a stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii equation I have found a problem that can be tracked down to something buggy occurring in the simplest Schrodinger equation possible:
$$\partial_t \...
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A problem about Joint sine and cosine fourier transform
There is a problem on Page 60 of Book of B.M.Budak, A. A. Samarskii and A. N. Tikhonov, whose title is A Collection of Problems in Mathematical Physics (New York, Dover, 1964). The problem (the ...
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Bandwidth approximation for a nonlinear problem
Can anyone please help me with this problem.
I must let you know from the beginning that it's not an easy one.
"Two functions are given: $u, y \in L^{2}(-\infty,\infty), y(t)=\frac{u(t)}{u(t)+b}$ ,
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Fractional Sobolev spaces on the circle with a Littlewood-Paley characterisation
Fractional Sobolev space $H^s_p(\mathbb R), s>0, 1<p<\infty$ is a space of tempered distributions $f$ that satisfy $F^{-1}((1+|\xi|^2)^{s/2} F(f)) \in L_p(\mathbb R)$.
Here, $F$ denotes the ...
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Help with notations from 2D to 3D FFT representations as 1D FFT
I have this question on mathematics forum too, Notations, I thought of posting here, which ever place I get an answer, I will try to close it in the other.
I need some help and clarifications for my ...
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Proof of a Fourier pair with Bessel functions?
How can we prove that the Fourier transform of the function
$$
f(x)
=
\begin{cases}
(a^2-x^2)^{c/2} BesselJ[c,b\sqrt{a^2-x^2}] & \text{for }x^2 < a^2\\
0 & \text{otherwise}
\end{cases}
$$
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Simplifying an expression using tools from Fourier transform
Can anyone simplify the following expression? I guess something from Fourier transform can help:
$f(\omega) = \lim_\limits{R \to \infty} \frac{1}{R^2} \int_{r=0}^{R}{re^{ \omega r^{-\gamma}}} \...
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Fourier series and transform related to Epicycles
Let $\gamma:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{C}$ be a continuous periodic curve having a bounded variation.
1) Is it true that one can find a sequence of numbers $(r_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\subset (0,\infty)$ and ...
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Inverse Fourier transform of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\xi_1} + \xi_2}$
Consider the inverse Fourier transform of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\xi_1} + \xi_2}$. My question is, how can we conclude about the decay properties, support and smoothness of the inverse Fourier transform? I ...
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Finite trigonometric polynomial
I noticed by numerical and some explicit calculations for a few examples that for real-valued finitely supported functions $\phi \in L^2(\mathbb{R})$ we have that
$T(x):= \sum_{n \in \mathbb{Z}} |\...
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Is Wiener amalgam spaces $W^{2,1}(\mathbb R)\subset C_0(\mathbb R)$?
I have been learning Wiener amalgam spaces.
In Wiener amalgam spaces $W(X, L^2)$, I am taking $X=\mathcal{F}L^{1}=\{f\in L^{\infty}(\mathbb R):\hat{f}\in L^{1}\},$ and $m(x)=1.$
Take $f(x)= \chi_{\...
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Can we choose $g$ so that $\|(g\widehat{(f^{3})})^{\vee}\|_{L^{p}} \leq C \|g_{1}f\|_{L^{2}}^{r} \|(g_{2}\hat{f})^{\vee}\|_{L^{s}}$?
[I have asked this question on S.E. M; but I have not got any answer; and hope this is o.k. for M.O]
Let $f, f^{2}, f^{3}\in L^{q}(\mathbb R)\cap C_{0}(\mathbb R)$ where $ q\geq p, \ \text{and}$ and ...
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On uniform or simple convergence of Poisson Summation formula
Under good conditions on an even function $f(x)$ we have the Poisson Summation formula ($x>0$):
$$f(0) + 2 \sum\limits_{n =1}^{\infty} f(nx)= \frac{1}{x} \left( \hat{f}(0) + 2 \sum\limits_{n =1}^{\...
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Can we extend the twisted Poisson Summation formula with functions having a singularity in zero?
The following "twisted" Poisson Summation formula for $\chi$ primitive of conductor $q$ :
$$ \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\chi(n)f\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{q}}\right) =
\frac{A}{x}\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\bar\chi(n)...
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Is this statement which relates the Fourier transform of a function to its singularities correct?
I am working on a problem, which would possibly relate the Fourier transform/series with the jump singularities of the function where the function itself or one of its derivatives jump. ((some kind of ...
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Connection between the Fourier transform of f and |f|
If $f\in L^p(R)$ with $1\leq p\leq 2$, then Hausdorff-Young inequality implies that the Fourier transform $\widehat{f}\in L^{p'}$, $p'$ is the dual exponent of $p$, and
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\|\widehat{f}\|_{L^{p'}}\...
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Multidimensional Filters
Say you want to design a LP FIR filter with low pass cutoff $fc$, transition band $fc$ to $fs$ and ripple factor $dp$ at passband and $ds$ at stop band. If one divides the frequencies by $\pi$, then $...
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A kind of Discrete Fourier Transform
Given a $z\in \mathbb{C}^N$, the DFT of $z$ is given for every $k\in [0,N-1]_\mathbb{N}$ by
$$DFT_z(k)=\frac{1}{N} \sum_{j=0}^{N-1} z_j\, \omega^{-k j}$$ where I have denoted by $\omega$ the $N$-th ...
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Is there a compactly supported function that its Fourier transfrom vanishes at given n real points?
My question is as follows: Given ${{\lambda }_{1}},\,{{\lambda }_{2}},...,{{\lambda }_{n}}\in \mathbb{R}$ where $\underset{1\le j\le n-1}{\mathop{\min }}\,\left| {{\lambda }_{j+1}}-{{\lambda }_{j}} \...
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A question about pointwise convergence of Fourier transform in $N$-dimensions
I am retreating back on this statement, after some explorations and calculation
Bow to Willie and others who were skeptical on this. Main difficulty can be seen in this reference. But I must mention ...
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request for any expository works in pointwise convergence of double Fourier series and especially a paper by Hardy
Quart. J. Math. Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 53-79
On double Fourier series, and especially those which represent the double zeta-function with real and incommensurable parameters.
Hardy, G.H.
I am not ...
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