sftpack

sftpack, an Octave code which carries out some "slow" Fourier transforms, that is, Fourier transforms without the techniques that allow for very fast computation.

The intention is to make the underlying calculation clear, and to provide a simple check and comparison of timing and usage for the fast calculations.

The fast Fourier transform is a highly efficient procedure. However, the coding of the algorithm, and the conventions for indexing, ordering, and normalization, can make it quite difficult to understand what is being done, or even to see how to use the software correctly. This means that a coding error or mistaken use can be undetected.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

sftpack is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

sftpack_test

walsh, an Octave code which implements versions of the walsh and haar transforms.

Reference:

  1. William Briggs, Van Emden Henson,
    The DFT: An Owner's Manual for the Discrete Fourier Transform,
    SIAM, 1995,
    ISBN13: 978-0-898713-42-8,
    LC: QA403.5.B75.
  2. Ralph Hartley,
    A More Symmetrical Fourier Analysis Applied to Transmission Problems,
    Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers,
    Volume 30, 1942, pages 144-150.

Source Code:

Last revised on 09 September 2022.