Practice Problem on Discrete-time Fourier transform computation

Compute the discrete-time Fourier transform of the following signal:

$ x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) $

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Answer 1

$ \mathcal{F}(x[n]) = \mathcal{F}(cos(\frac{2\pi}{500}n)) = \mathcal{F}(\frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2}) =\frac{1}{2}( \mathcal{F}(e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n})+\mathcal{F}(e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n})) $

$ =\frac{1}{2}( \pi\sum_{l=-\infty}^{+\infty}\delta(w-\frac{2\pi}{500}-2\pi l) + \pi\sum_{l=- \infty}^{+\infty}\delta(w+\frac{2\pi}{500}-2\pi l) ) $

$ =\frac{\pi}{2} \sum_{l=-\infty}^{+\infty}[ \delta(w-\frac{2\pi}{500}-2\pi l)+\delta(w+\frac{2\pi}{500}-2\pi l) ] $

DTFT f(w) is periodic funtion, just need to include one period to be sufficient

Answer 2

$ x[n] = \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} \mathcal{X} (w)e^{j\omega n} dw $

The input x[n] can can be written in the exponential form.

$ x[n] = cos(\frac{2\pi}{500}n) = \frac{e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n} + e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} $

In order for the input x[n] to have such a value,

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = \pi \delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}) + \pi \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500}) $

Answer 3

$ x[n] = \frac{2\pi}{500}n = \frac{e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2}+\frac{e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} $

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = \pi (\delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}) + \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500})) $

Answer 4

$ \begin{align} x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) \\ = \frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} \end{align} $

$ 0 < \frac{2\pi}{500}n < \pi $

$ -\pi < -\frac{2\pi}{500}n < \pi $

consider $ -\pi < \omega < \pi $

$ \begin{align}\mathcal{F}[x[n]] = 2\pi * \frac{1}{2} [\delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}n) + \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500}n)] \end{align} $

Answer 5

$ \begin{align} x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) = \frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} \end{align} $

$ F[x[n]] = \mathcal{X} (\omega) = \pi \delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}) + \pi \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500}) $ repp'ed every $ 2\pi $

Answer 6

$ x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right)=\frac{1}{2}(e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}) $

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = rep_{2\pi}\left[\pi \delta \left(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) + \pi \delta \left(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) \right] $

Answer 7

$ \begin{align} x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) = \frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} \end{align} $

$ F[x[n]] = \mathcal{X} (\omega) = \pi \delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}) + \pi \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500}) $

Note that the since we are dealing with a DT signal, it repeats every $ 2\pi $

Answer 8

$ \begin{align} x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) = \frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} \end{align} $

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = F[x[n]] = \pi \delta(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500}) + \pi \delta(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500}) $

    $  ( \omega \in [-\pi,\pi]) $

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = rep_{2\pi}\left[\pi \delta \left(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) + \pi \delta \left(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) \right] $

Answer 9

$ x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right)=\frac{1}{2}(e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}) $

$ F[x[n]] = \mathcal{X} (\omega) = rep_{2\pi}\left[\pi \delta \left(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) + \pi \delta \left(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) \right] $

Answer 10

$ \begin{align} x[n]= \cos \left( \frac{2 \pi }{500} n \right) = \frac{ e^{j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}+e^{-j\frac{2\pi}{500}n}}{2} \end{align} $

$ \mathcal{X} (\omega) = F[x[n]] = rep_{2\pi}\left[\pi \delta \left(\omega - \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) + \pi \delta \left(\omega + \frac{2\pi}{500} \right) \right] $

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