Re: Zero Padding in radix 2 FFT

John Monro wrote:

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The essential difference is that the Fourier series is a function of time, and the DFT isn't. I know this is obvious to all concerned, but we are talking about definitions here, I think. As I see it the DFT provides the coefficients, but this set of coefficients becomes a Fourier series only when you attach all the appropriate cos and sin functions.

I haven't time to check back now, But I believe that I wrote that the DFT finds the coefficients of the Fourier series, not the series itself. If I wrote otherwise, I was wrong (as a definition).

Jerry
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