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Re: Fourier Transfer and a game?!?!

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  • Subject: [mg54266] Re: Fourier Transfer and a game?!?!
  • From: Maxim <ab_def at prontomail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:51:17 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <cuf5kg$god$1@smc.vnet.net> <cukb23$lmi$1@smc.vnet.net> <cump6f$3t9$1@smc.vnet.net> <cuperu$gmc$1@smc.vnet.net>
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:01:34 +0000 (UTC), Paul Abbott  
<paul at physics.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> In article <cump6f$3t9$1 at smc.vnet.net>, Maxim <ab_def at prontomail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's how we can apply Fourier to this problem:
>>
>> In[2]:=
>> F = Fourier;
>> IF = InverseFourier;
>> SetOptions[#, FourierParameters -> {1, 1}]& /@ {F, IF};
>>
>> Module[{L},
>>    L = PadRight[{0., .35, .35, .15, .15}, 13];
>>    IF[.4*F[L]^0 + .35*F[L]^1 + .15*F[L]^2 + .1*F[L]^3] // Chop
>> ]
>
> Two comments:
>
> [1] SetOptions accepts a list of functions:
>
>   SetOptions[{Fourier, InverseFourier}, FourierParameters -> {1, 1}]
>
> [2] One can use the Dot product as follows:
>
>   InverseFourier[{0.4, 0.35, 0.15, 0.1} .
>     (Fourier[PadRight[{0., 0.35, 0.35, 0.15, 0.15}, 13]]^# & /@
>       {0, 1, 2, 3})]
>
> There can be a problem with 0^0 using either approach.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>

Thanks Paul, I didn't know that it was possible to use SetOptions[{sym1,  
sym2}, opts] syntax; strictly speaking, this is an undocumented feature. I  
believe that SetOptions is not Listable because otherwise  
SetOptions[{sym1, sym2}, {opt1, opt2}] would become {SetOptions[sym1,  
opt1], SetOptions[sym2, opt2]}.

Also you're absolutely right that the result of the transform may contain  
zeros. So a more accurate way to use Fourier would be as follows:

In[1]:=
F = Fourier;
IF = InverseFourier;
SetOptions[{F, IF}, FourierParameters -> {1, 1}];

Module[{n = 13, L0, L},
   L0 = PadRight[{1.}, n];
   L = PadRight[{0., .35, .35, .15, .15}, n];
   IF[.4*F[L0] + {.35, .15, .1}.Array[F[L]^#&, 3]] // Chop
]

Out[4]=
{0.4, 0.1225, 0.140875, 0.0935375, 0.0994875, 0.049875, 0.03995, 0.02565,  
0.015975, 0.007425, 0.003375, 0.0010125, 0.0003375}

Maxim Rytin
m.r at inbox.ru


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