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Fourier Series (FS) and Relation to DFT

In continuous time, a periodic signal $ x(t)$, with period $ P$ seconds,B.2 may be expanded into its Fourier series as

$\displaystyle X(\omega_k) \isdef \frac{1}{P}\int_0^P x(t) e^{-j\omega_k t} dt, \quad k=0,\pm1,\pm2,\dots \protect$ (B.5)

where $ \omega_k \isdef 2\pi k/P$ is the $ k$th harmonic frequency (rad/sec). The generally complex value $ X(\omega_k)$ is called the $ k$th Fourier series coefficient.



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``Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), with Music and Audio Applications'', by Julius O. Smith III, W3K Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9745607-0-7.

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