Home  

Random  

Nearby  



Log in  



Settings  



Donate  



About Wikipedia  

Disclaimers  



Wikipedia





Convolution theorem





Article  

Talk  



Language  

Watch  

Edit  





Inmathematics, the convolution theorem states that under suitable conditions the Fourier transform of a convolution of two functions (orsignals) is the pointwise product of their Fourier transforms. More generally, convolution in one domain (e.g., time domain) equals point-wise multiplication in the other domain (e.g., frequency domain). Other versions of the convolution theorem are applicable to various Fourier-related transforms.

Functions of a continuous variable

edit

Consider two functions   and   with Fourier transforms   and  :

 

where   denotes the Fourier transform operator. The transform may be normalized in other ways, in which case constant scaling factors (typically  or ) will appear in the convolution theorem below. The convolution of   and   is defined by:

 

In this context the asterisk denotes convolution, instead of standard multiplication. The tensor product symbol   is sometimes used instead.

The convolution theorem states that:[1][2]: eq.8 

     

(Eq.1a)

Applying the inverse Fourier transform   produces the corollary:[2]: eqs.7, 10 

Convolution theorem

     

(Eq.1b)

The theorem also generally applies to multi-dimensional functions.

Multi-dimensional derivation of Eq.1

Consider functions  inLp-space   with Fourier transforms  :

 

where   indicates the inner productof :       and    

The convolutionof  and   is defined by:

 

Also:

 

Hence by Fubini's theorem we have that   so its Fourier transform   is defined by the integral formula:

 

Note that    Hence by the argument above we may apply Fubini's theorem again (i.e. interchange the order of integration):

 

This theorem also holds for the Laplace transform, the two-sided Laplace transform and, when suitably modified, for the Mellin transform and Hartley transform (see Mellin inversion theorem). It can be extended to the Fourier transform of abstract harmonic analysis defined over locally compact abelian groups.

Periodic convolution (Fourier series coefficients)

edit

Consider  -periodic functions     and     which can be expressed as periodic summations:

    and    

In practice the non-zero portion of components   and   are often limited to duration   but nothing in the theorem requires that.

The Fourier series coefficients are:

 

where   denotes the Fourier series integral.

 
 

is also  -periodic, and is called a periodic convolution.

Derivation of periodic convolution

 

The corresponding convolution theorem is:

     

(Eq.2)

Derivation of Eq.2

 

Functions of a discrete variable (sequences)

edit

By a derivation similar to Eq.1, there is an analogous theorem for sequences, such as samples of two continuous functions, where now   denotes the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) operator. Consider two sequences   and   with transforms   and  :

 

The § Discrete convolutionof  and   is defined by:

 

The convolution theorem for discrete sequences is:[3][4]: p.60 (2.169) 

     

(Eq.3)

Periodic convolution

edit

  and   as defined above, are periodic, with a period of 1. Consider  -periodic sequences   and  :

    and    

These functions occur as the result of sampling   and   at intervals of   and performing an inverse discrete Fourier transform (DFT) on   samples (see § Sampling the DTFT). The discrete convolution:

 

is also  -periodic, and is called a periodic convolution. Redefining the   operator as the  -length DFT, the corresponding theorem is:[5][4]: p. 548 

     

(Eq.4a)

And therefore:

     

(Eq.4b)

Under the right conditions, it is possible for this  -length sequence to contain a distortion-free segment of a   convolution. But when the non-zero portion of the  or  sequence is equal or longer than   some distortion is inevitable.  Such is the case when the   sequence is obtained by directly sampling the DTFT of the infinitely long § Discrete Hilbert transform impulse response.[A]

For   and   sequences whose non-zero duration is less than or equal to   a final simplification is:

Circular convolution

     

(Eq.4c)

This form is often used to efficiently implement numerical convolution by computer. (see § Fast convolution algorithms and § Example)

As a partial reciprocal, it has been shown [6] that any linear transform that turns convolution into pointwise product is the DFT (up to a permutation of coefficients).

Derivations of Eq.4

A time-domain derivation proceeds as follows:

 

A frequency-domain derivation follows from § Periodic data, which indicates that the DTFTs can be written as:

 
 

The product with   is thereby reduced to a discrete-frequency function:

 

where the equivalence of   and   follows from § Sampling the DTFT. Therefore, the equivalence of (5a) and (5b) requires:

 


We can also verify the inverse DTFT of (5b):

 

Convolution theorem for inverse Fourier transform

edit

There is also a convolution theorem for the inverse Fourier transform:

Here, " " represents the Hadamard product, and " " represents a convolution between the two matrices.

 

so that

 

Convolution theorem for tempered distributions

edit

The convolution theorem extends to tempered distributions. Here,   is an arbitrary tempered distribution:

 

But   must be "rapidly decreasing" towards   and   in order to guarantee the existence of both, convolution and multiplication product. Equivalently, if   is a smooth "slowly growing" ordinary function, it guarantees the existence of both, multiplication and convolution product.[7][8][9]

In particular, every compactly supported tempered distribution, such as the Dirac delta, is "rapidly decreasing". Equivalently, bandlimited functions, such as the function that is constantly   are smooth "slowly growing" ordinary functions. If, for example,   is the Dirac comb both equations yield the Poisson summation formula and if, furthermore,   is the Dirac delta then   is constantly one and these equations yield the Dirac comb identity.

See also

edit

Notes

edit
  1. ^ An example is the MATLAB function, hilbert(u,N).

References

edit
  1. ^ McGillem, Clare D.; Cooper, George R. (1984). Continuous and Discrete Signal and System Analysis (2 ed.). Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 118 (3–102). ISBN 0-03-061703-0.
  • ^ a b Weisstein, Eric W. "Convolution Theorem". From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  • ^ Proakis, John G.; Manolakis, Dimitri G. (1996), Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms and Applications (3 ed.), New Jersey: Prentice-Hall International, p. 297, Bibcode:1996dspp.book.....P, ISBN 9780133942897, sAcfAQAAIAAJ
  • ^ a b Oppenheim, Alan V.; Schafer, Ronald W.; Buck, John R. (1999). Discrete-time signal processing (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-754920-2.
  • ^ Rabiner, Lawrence R.; Gold, Bernard (1975). Theory and application of digital signal processing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. p. 59 (2.163). ISBN 978-0139141010.
  • ^ Amiot, Emmanuel (2016). Music through Fourier Space. Computational Music Science. Zürich: Springer. p. 8. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45581-5. ISBN 978-3-319-45581-5. S2CID 6224021.
  • ^ Horváth, John (1966). Topological Vector Spaces and Distributions. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
  • ^ Barros-Neto, José (1973). An Introduction to the Theory of Distributions. New York, NY: Dekker.
  • ^ Petersen, Bent E. (1983). Introduction to the Fourier Transform and Pseudo-Differential Operators. Boston, MA: Pitman Publishing.
  • Further reading

    edit

    Additional resources

    edit

    For a visual representation of the use of the convolution theorem in signal processing, see:


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Convolution_theorem&oldid=1226718213"
     



    Last edited on 1 June 2024, at 11:42  





    Languages

     


    Català
    Deutsch
    Español
    Français
    Italiano
    Português
    Русский

     

    Wikipedia


    This page was last edited on 1 June 2024, at 11:42 (UTC).

    Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Terms of Use

    Desktop