Continuous-space Fourier transform of the 2D "sinc" function (Practice Problem)

Compute the Continuous-space Fourier transform (CSFT) of

$ f(x,y)= \frac{\sin \pi x}{ \pi x}\frac{\sin \pi y }{\pi y}. $

(Justify all your steps.)

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Answer 1

Claim that $ CSFT \{\frac{\sin \pi x}{ \pi x}\frac{\sin \pi y }{\pi y}\} = rect(u,v)= rect(u)rect(v) $

Proof:

$ iCSFT\{rect(u)rect(v)\} = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}rect(u)rect(v)e^{2j \pi (ux +vy) }dudv $

$ =\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}rect(u)e^{2j \pi (ux) }du \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}rect(v)e^{2j \pi (vy) }dv $

$ = \int_{-\frac{1}{2}}^{\frac{1}{2}}e^{2j \pi (ux) }du \int_{-\frac{1}{2}}^{\frac{1}{2}}e^{2j \pi (vy) }dv $

$ = \frac{(e^{j \pi x}-e^{-j \pi x} )(e^{j \pi y}-e^{-j \pi y})}{(2j\pi x)(2j\pi y)} $

$ = \frac{sin(x)sin(y)}{(\pi x)(\pi y)} = sinc(x)sinc(y)= sinc(x,y) $

Another way is to show by "separality", since

$ f(x,y)=g(x)h(y),g(x) = sinc(x),h(y) = sinc(y) $

then $ F(u,v)=G(u)H(v),G(u) = CTFT(f(x)),H(v) = CTFT(h(y)) $

by CTFT pairs, $ G(u) = rect(u),H(v) = rect(v) $

which shows $ CSFT \{ sinc(x,y) \} = rect(u)rect(v) = rect(u,v) $,

as the same above.

--Xiao1 23:40, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Instructor's comment: Before you use the second approach on the exam, make sure that the separability property is in the table. Otherwise, you must prove the property before using it. (But of course, proving that property is triviale.) -pm

Instructor's challenge: Can somebody answer this using duality? -pm

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