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Practice Problem

Compute the discrete Fourier transform of the discrete-time signal

$ x[n]= e^{-j \frac{1}{5} \pi n} $.

How does your answer related to the Fourier series coefficients of x[n]?

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Answer 1

$ x[n]= e^{-j \frac{1}{5} \pi n}=cos(\frac{\pi n}{5})+jsin(\frac{\pi n}{5}) $.

period=10, therefor, by comparing with$ x[n]=e^{-j2\pi k_0 n/N} $.

we get $ N=10 $,$ k_0=1 $.

From DFT transfer pair, $ X[k]=10\delta[k-1] $. repeated with period 10.


Answer 2

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