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MATH 464 (Transform Methods for Scientists and Engineers)


DESCRIPTION Option 1:  Fourier transform, Fourier series, discrete and fast Fourier transform (DFT and FFT).  Distributions and operational calculus.  Poisson summation, sampling, and appications.  Wavelet teory and MATLAB applications.
Option 2:  Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms.  Evaluation of the complex inversion integral by the theory of residues.  Applications to partial differential equations, with solutions computed by transforms and separation of variables.  Bessel functions, and Hankel and Mellin transforms.
PREREQUISITES Option 1:  Math 246 and a 400-level mathematics or electrical engineering courses, perhaps taken concurrently.
Option 2:  Math 246 and Math 463.
TOPICS Option 1:  Fourier transform and Fourier series components. Distribution theory component. DFT and FFT component.  Wavelet theory and MATLAB component.
Option 2:  Fourier transform and Fourier series components. Distribution theory component.  Laplace transform component.  Other transforms component.

These components are now described more fully.

                          COMPONENTS:
Fourier Transform Component
     Algebraic properties of the Fourier transform: convolution, modulation, and translation.
     Analytic properties of the Fourier transform:  Riemann-Lebesgue Lemma, transforms of derivatives, and derivatives of transforms.
     Inversion theory:  Approximate identities, L1 inversion, Jordan's theorem, and examples.
     The L2 theory:  Parseval's formula, Plancherel's theorem, and examples.
Fourier series component
     Representation theory:  Dirichlet's theorem and examples.
     Differentiation and integration of Fourier series.
     The L1 and L2 theories.
     Absolutely convergent Fourier series and Wiener's inversion theorem. 
     Gibbs phenomenon.
Laplace transform component
     Review of complex variables.
     Algebraic properties of the Laplace transform.
     Analytic properties of the Laplace transform: regions of convergence, transforms of derivatives, and derivatives of transforms.
     Representation and inversion theory of the Laplace transform.
     Evaluation of the complex inversion formula by residues.
Differential equations component
     Applications of Fourier transforms, Fourier series, and Laplace transforms to ODE's and PDE's.  These include recent applications in signal processing, classical applicsations in mathematical physics, initial and boundary value problems, Bessel functions, etc.
Distribution theory component
     Motivation, definitions, elementary results, and examples.
     Fourier transforms of distributions.
     Convolution equations.
     Linear translation invariant systems.
     Operational calculus.
DFT and FFT component
     Definition and properties of the DFT.
     Description of the FFT algorithm, and examples.
     Applications with MATLAB.
Signal processing component
     Poisson summation and applications.
     The classical sampling theorem.
     Uncertainty principle and entropy inequalities.
     Temporal and spectral widths.
     Power spectrum: definitions, estimation, calculations, and examples.
     Maximum entropy and linear prediction.
Wavelet theory and MATLAB component
     Shannon wavelets and the classical sampling theorem.
     Multiresolution and analysis wavelet orthonormal bases.
     Quadrature mirror filters and perfect reconstruction filter banks.
     Multidimensional results.
     Wavelet packets.
     Applications with the MATLAB Wavelet Toolbox.
Other transforms component
     hankel, Hilbert, Mellin, and Radon transforms.
 

TEXT Text(s) typically used in this course.
Additional Information on texts:
Option 1: 
Harmonic analysis and applications - by J.J. Benedetto.
The Fourier transform and its applications,  by R.N. Bracewell
MATLAB Wavelet Toolbox.
Fast Fourier transforms,  by J.S. Walker

Option 2:
Harmonic analysis and applications by J.J. Benedetto (for Fourier analysis).
The Fourier transform and its applications, by R.N. Bracewell
Fourier series and boundary value problems, by J.Brown, and R.V. Churchill
Operational mathematicsby R.V. Churchill (for Laplace transforms)

NOTE:  Churchill's book is excellent for the Laplace transform and classical applications of the Laplace transform.  It is inappropriate for the Fourier transform.