Fourier transform

Fourier transform, in mathematics, a particular integral transform. As a transform of an integrable complex-valued function f of one real variable, it is the complex-valued function f ˆ of a real variable defined by the following equation

In the integral equation

the function f (y) is an integral transform of F(x), and K(x,y) is the kernel. Often the reciprocal relationship is valid:

See integral transform.