Example of Computation of Fourier transform of a CT SIGNAL
A practice problem on CT Fourier transform
Specify a signal x(t)
$ x(t)=cos(8 \pi t)e^{-t^{2}} $
Fourier Transform of x(t)
- $ \begin{align} X(\omega) &=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x(t) e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} cos(8 \pi t)e^{-t^{2}}e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{j8\pi t}-e^{-j8\pi t}}{2}e^{-t^{2}}e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{j8\pi t-t^2}-e^{-j8\pi t-t^2}}{2}e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{t(j8\pi -t)}-e^{-t(j8\pi +t)}}{2}e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{(t-4\pi j)^2+16\pi ^2}-e^{-(t-4\pi j)^2-16\pi ^2}}{2}e^{-j\omega t}dt \\&= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{(t-4\pi j)^2+16\pi ^2}}{2}e^{-j\omega t}dt -\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-(t-4\pi j)^2-16\pi ^2}}{2}e^{-j\omega t}dt \end{align} $
