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Frequency resolution of the DFT

There are N samples over a total time tex2html_wrap_inline485 where tex2html_wrap_inline487 is the sampling interval.

The frequencies in the DFT are tex2html_wrap_inline583
So the frequency resolution is tex2html_wrap_inline585 .

The sampling frequency is tex2html_wrap_inline587

The highest frequency properly sampled is :

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If aliasing errors are to be avoided :

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(Remember the Sampling Theorem).



Keith Jones
Tue Oct 27 13:47:46 EST 1998