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Why is the DFT symmetric?
First of all it is only conjugate symmetric if the input signal is Real Signal. The reason for that is the DFT is built by Complex Exponential which can be decomposed into Sine and Cosine. Since the Sine governs the Complex part and is N periodic one could see it creates conjugate symmetry of the DFT.
What is a complex fft?
Most real-world signals are real-valued. You also can use the complex FFT by setting the imaginary part of the signal to zero. An example of an application where you use complex FFT is when the signal consists of both a real and an imaginary component.
What are the basic properties of DFT?
Q. The basic properties of DFT includes 1) Linearity 2) Periodicity 3) Circular symmetry 4) Summation
- Linearity.
- Periodicity.
- Circular symmetry.
- Summation.
Is the DFT of a real valued function symmetric?
And without going into mathematical details, DFT of real valued function is symmetric, i.e. resultant Fourier function has both real and imaginary parts which are mirror images with respect to 0 frequency component. This doesn’t happen in case where you take DFT of a complex function.
Why are real signals mirrored in the Fourier transform?
I have read about Fourier transformation that real signals are “mirrored” in the real and negative halves of the Fourier transform because of the nature of the Fourier transform. For example, if we have the real signal x whose length is N, its X = F F T ( x) should be conjugate symmetric.
How to determine the DFT of a real input function?
In practice, we’re occasionally required to determine the DFT of real input functions where the input index n is defined over both positive and negative values. If that real input function is even, then X ( m) is always real and even; that is, if the real x ( n) = x ( − n), then, X real ( m) is in general nonzero and X imag ( m) is zero.
Which is the real even sequence in DFT?
In other words, the real even sequence ( x [ 0], x [ 1], …, x [ N − 1]) whose DFT is a real even sequence (as stated by Lyons and explained very nicely by Hilmar) is necessarily of the form which is (apart from the leading x [ 0]) a palindromic sequence.