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Questions on the computational aspects of Fourier analysis, including the various applications of the fast Fourier transform (FFT).

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Amplitude of discrete Fourier transform of Gaussian is incorrect

I am trying to understand why the amplitude of the FFT (computed with numpy) of a Gaussian differs from its analytic solution. The $\mathcal{F}\{e^{-\pi t^2}\} = e^{-\pi f^2}$. However if I calculate …
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