Questions tagged [fourier-transform]
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Fourier inversion formula for compactly supported distributions
I know that the Fourier transform of a compactly support distribution $u\in \mathscr{E}'(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ is smooth and also satisfies
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|\hat{u}(\xi)|\leqslant C_{N}(1+|\xi|)^N,\label{1}\tag{1}
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Functional equation with Fourier transform
What are the continuous functions $f$ such that on $\mathbb{R}^{+*}$:
$$f(x) - \frac{C}{x} \hat{f}(\frac{1}{x}) =x^{\alpha}$$
Where $\hat{f}$ is the Fourier transform of $f(|x|)$ and $C$ a constant....
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Comparison of (square) of a function and its Fourier transform in an integral
I am completely stuck on a comparison between $f(t)^2$ and $\hat{f}(t)^2$ in an integral.
Considering $f(t)$ of rapid decrease at infinity such that near zero: $f(t) \sim_0 t^{-\frac{1}{2}- \alpha}+o(...
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Support of functions on Minkowski space and their Fourier transform
Suppose that a tempered distribution $f(x)$ on 4-dimensional Minkowski space with signature $+---$ vanishes for $x^2<0$ and its Fourier transform $\hat f(p)$ vanishes for $p^2<0$.
Are then $f$ ...
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Characterisation of functions for which the Fourier transform commutes with a particular operator
Defining the operator $\phi$ by: $\phi(f(x))=\frac{1}{|x|} f(\frac{1}{x})$, and noting $\mathcal{F}$ the Fourier transform on the real line, can we characterize all the functions (with real variable ...
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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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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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Technical question about a Fourier transform
I would like to know if there is an explicit expression for the Fourier transform of the following function:
$$f(x)=\mathbb{1}_{(0,\infty)}e^{-x-ix^2},$$
or to know where I can find some techniques to ...
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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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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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Fourier transform of a matrix represented compact lie group
In physics, I come across this kind of integration (in the nonlinear sigma model):
\begin{equation}
S[g] = \frac{1}{\lambda} \int d^dr\ \text{tr}[\triangledown g\triangledown g^{-1}]
\end{equation}
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A question on a Fourier transform
(This may sound too simple a question to be asked in MO. But it is a research problem but not an exercise, so I post it here. If it is no appropriate, I will move it to Stackexchange.)
Let $0 < a &...
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Inversion of Fourier transform of a multivariate gamma distribution in polar form?
Let $\mathbb{S}^{N-1}$ be the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^N$ under the Euclidean norm $||\cdot||$. Let $\mu$ be an infinitely divisible Borel measure. If there exists a finite measure $\alpha$ on $\...
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Cross-correlation of two functions which are not fixed
I am trying to cross-correlate two functions, but one of which is changing each 'step' of the cross-correlation.
I want to cross-correlate T(f) and ...
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Mellin transform of time-shifted function
The Mellin transform of a function $f(x)$ can be written as
$$
\mathcal M[f(x);z]=\int_0^\infty f(x)x^{z-1} dx
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Is there a simple expression for the Mellin transform of the function $f(x-x_0)$? ...
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Is there inverse FFT algorithm for Fourier transform of a integer-valued random variable?
In many applications, it is possible to derive an explicit expression for the
Fourier transform of a random variable $X$
$$\varphi (\theta ) = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{p_n}} {e^{in\theta }}$$
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How Fourier transform behaves if we kills the oscillation?
Let $a, b \in \mathbb R$ such that $ab> 1$ ; put
$$L^{1}_{a}(\mathbb R)= \{ f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb C \ \text {measurable} : ||(1+|x|)^{a}f||_{L^{1}(\mathbb R)}< \infty \},$$
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$$FL^{1}_{b}(...
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Min of a real-valued Fourier transform
Let $P$ be a compact, convex, symmetric, $d$-dimensional body in $\mathbb R^d$, and let $\mu$ be a (necessarily) symmetric probability measure on $P$, so that
$\mu_P(x) = \mu_P(-x)$, for all $x \in \...
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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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Convergence of the inverse image of a sequence of Fourier transforms
The Fourier Transform is in general terms a continuous mapping, as well as it's inverse when it exists. Is there any abstract result that translates convergence of the transforms of a sequence of ...
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Theta functions and Fourier transforms
Let $T_\tau$ be the 2-dimensional torus, with the complex structure induced by the lattice generated by $1$ and $\tau$. Then for a line bundle $L_k$ over $T$ with level $k$, there is an orthonormal ...
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Calculating hyperbolic Fourier series
Question:
is it possible to uniquely express functions locally as infinite sums of hyperbolic sines and cosines
$f(x)=\sum\limits_{i=0}^\infty \alpha_i\sinh(i\cdot x)+\beta_i\cosh(i\cdot x)$
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Function samplable from the past and Hardy spaces
What I am ultimately looking for is a $L^2$ function $f$ on the real line that can be sampled from the past, i.e. for each $x<0$ there are $L^2$ coefficients $c_n(x)$, $n\in \mathbb{N}$ such that, ...
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Is there a classification of 2D projective convolution kernels?
Is there any classification of all distributions on $\mathbb{R}^2$ such that they are equal to the convolution with themselves? i.e. given a distribution $\gamma$ under which conditions
$$ \gamma\star\...
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Is there an inner product on $\mathbb{F}_p\left[S_n\right]$ for which $\langle x, x \rangle \ne 0$ for all $x$?
Let $\mathbb{F}_p\left[S_n\right]$ be the group algebra of the symmetric group $S_n$ over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_p$.
One can define an "inner product" in the usual way:
$$\langle x,y \...
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Is it possible that a system of differential equation has a solution in time domain but not in Fourier domain? If so, why does it happen?
I have to solve
\begin{align}
&\frac{\partial h'_{1,1m}(t,r)}{\partial t} + \frac{2}{r} h_{1,1m}(t,r) = 0 \label{beta_0_1}\\
&\frac{\partial^2 h_{1,1m}(t,r)}{\partial t^2} = 0. \label{...
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Convolution of $\mathscr{F}\{ \log \}(x) * \mu$ with compactly supported measure $\mu$
As I read in this post the Fourier transform of $\psi(\lambda) = \log{|\lambda|}$ must be interpreted in distributional sense and it is given by:
$$\mathscr{F}\{\psi\}(x)=-2\pi \gamma \delta(x)-\pi \...
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Relationship between Fourier inversion theorem and convergence of "nested" Fourier series representations of $f(x)$
$\DeclareMathOperator\erf{erf}\DeclareMathOperator\sech{sech}\DeclareMathOperator\sgn{sgn}\DeclareMathOperator\sinc{sinc}$This is a cross-post of a question I posted on MSE a couple of weeks ago which ...
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Is this formula for 2D Fourier integral of diffraction kernel correct?
Well I have a function parametrized by $z$
$$g_z(x,y) = \frac{z}{i \lambda r^2} e^{i k r}, \quad r = \sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2},$$
where $\lambda > 0$ is real constant and $k = \frac{2\pi}{\lambda}$. This ...
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How to calculate the power transformation of a spectral density function
There is a problem I have been trying to solve for a while. Let $X_t$ be a stationary (univariate) time series. The spectral density of the moving average process $$X_t=\sum^{\infty}_{j=-\infty}a_je_{...
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Fourier transform of an exponential function with radical argument divided by a radical
I have $f(t)=\dfrac{e^{-i\sqrt{(t-t_0)^2+A^2}}}{\sqrt{(t-t_0)^2+A^2}}$ where $t_0$ and $A$ are constant. I need to take the Fourier transform of $f(t)$. I made few substitutions to take it to a form ...
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Decay of the Fourier transform
I have read this post (and similar ones):
Decay of the Fourier transform of a non-differentiable function
and I have the following doubt: If
$f\in C^{n}(\mathbb{R})$
$f^{(n+1)}$ is piecewise and of ...
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Fourier transform and rotations in 3d
Let $f\in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ be a Schwartz function invariant under rotations in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and let $\hat f\in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ be its Fourier transform, i.e. $\hat f(p)=\int_{\...
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To show a function is zero, assuming some integral conditions on its Fourier transform
Let $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R})$ such that
$$\int_0^\infty e^{-yt}e^{ixt}\widehat{f}(t)dt=0,……(i)$$
$$\int_{-\infty}^0 e^{yt}e^{ixt}\widehat{f}(t)dt=0, ……(ii)$$
for all $x\in \mathbb{R}, y>0.$
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$|\partial $ as Fourier multiplier
I have the following nonlinear dispersive PDEs
$$i \partial_t u- \partial_x^2 u =|\partial_x| |u|^2$$
where $f$ is some nice complex-valued function.
I am trying to use the ansatz $u(t,x) = e^{i \...
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To find a DFT for complex functions on a semigroup
For a certain commutative semigroup of integer size $n$, $G=(\{1,2,\dots,n\},\circ: x\circ y\mapsto \min(n,x+y))$, consider all complex functions on it, denoted by $\mathbb C[G]$ or $\mathbb CG$. ...
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Discontinuity of the Fourier transform of $ x \mapsto (1+ x^2)^{- \gamma/2}$ for $\gamma \leq 1$
Fix $\gamma > 0$. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be the Fourier transform and consider the function
$f(x) = (1+ x^2)^{- \gamma/2}$ for $x \in \mathbb{R}$. This function is in $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$ and its ...
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Parseval identity extension?
I have stumbled upon the following three-dimensional series:
$$\Lambda_p = \sum_{\underline{n}} \left(\frac{\left|n_1\right|}{\left|\left|\underline{n}\right|\right|_2}\right)^p \left|\hat{f}(\...
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Cousin of Fourier transform for rescaling and translating functions
Is there a cousin of the Fourier transform which obeys the following property: if I rescale and translate a function, then its transformed form, at each frequency, only depends on the original ...
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How to construct non-abelian functions?
I have found some functions $t_g, g \in G$ for cyclic groups $G=C_n$ which seem to satisfy the following convolution identity:
$$t_g(x+y) = \sum_{h \in G} t_{gh^{-1}}(x) t_h(y)$$
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Binary polynomial evaluation
Let $p$ be a prime number and let $P(x) = a_0 + a_1x + a_2x^2 + \dots + a_{n-1}x^{n-1}$ be a polynomial in $\mathbb{Z}_p[x]$ with binary coefficients, i.e., such that $a_i \in \{0,1\}$ for all $i = 0,...
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Precise decay of density through Fourier transform
Suppose $f(x)$ is a probability density on $\mathbb{R}$. Let $\varphi(t)=\int e^{itx}f(x)dx$ denote the Fourier transform (characteristic function). It is well-known that if $\int |x|^p f(x)dx<\...
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Critical exponent in Sobolev scale and singular continuous measure
Recently I started the following discussion about Sobolev spaces where I was interested in finding the maximal $s \in \mathbb{R}$ such that given function/distribution belongs to the Sobolev space $H^...
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Parseval's equivalent of Norm that includes a Projection matrix
I need to optimize the norm, ${\bf x}^H {\bf P}_{\bf B} {\bf x} $, where, ${\bf P}_{\bf B} = {\bf B}^H({\bf B} {\bf B}^H)^{-1} {\bf B}$, ${\bf B}$ is a known $M \times N$ matrix, with $M < N$ and $...
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A question about Fourier transform of a function defined by an integral
I have the function:
$$ G_k(x)_=\frac{1}{(4\pi)^{k/2}\Gamma(k/2)}\int_0^\infty e^{-\pi|x|^2/\delta}e^{-\delta/4\pi}\delta^{-(n-k)/2}\,\frac{d\delta}{\delta}, $$
for all $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ and $k>0$....
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Characterization of convolution operators via the Fourier transform
Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a linear and continuous operator from the space of tempered distributions $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$ to itself. The Fourier transform of a tempered distribution $f$ is denoted by $...
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Flat function with a spectral gap
I am looking for a sequence of functions $f_n,n\geq 1$ in $L^2(\mathbb R)$ such that $f_n$ is equal to $1$ on $[-n,n]$ and $\hat{f_n}$ vanishes on $[-1,1]$.
Actually, I would also like $f_n$ to be $...
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Parseval-Plancherel identity involving absolute value
Let $\hat{f}$ be the fourier transform of $f$.
By Parseval-Plancherel identity, for suitable $f,g$, we have
$$\left\|\hat{f}*\hat{h}\right\|_{L^2_{\xi}}^2=\left\|f\cdot h\right\|_{L^2_{x}}^2.$$
Let ...
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A close formula for a Fourier transform
I would like to calculate "explicitly" the following integral, which is a Fourier transform: let $\alpha>0$ be a parameter, for $x\in \mathbb R$, we define
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I(\alpha, x)=\int_\mathbb R \cos(xt) e^...
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