The Fourier Transform & Its Applications | 
 enlarge | Author: Ronald N. Bracewell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 353664
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 640
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0073039381
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.723
EAN: 9780073039381
Publication Date: June 8, 1999
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Product Description
This text is designed for use in a senior undergraduate or graduate level course in Fourier Transforms. This text differs from many other fourier transform books in its emphasis on applications. Bracewell applies mathematical concepts to the physical world throughout this text, equipping students to think about the world and physics in terms of transforms. The pedagogy in this classic text is excellent. The author has included such tools as the pictorial dictionary of transforms and bibliographic references. In addition, there are many excellent problems throughout this book, which are more than mathematical exercises, often requiring students to think in terms of specific situations or asking for educated opinions. To aid students further, discussions of many of the problems can be found at the end of the book.
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 A fine general introduction to the Fourier Transform July 5, 2008
Critic at large (East Coast USA)
Most of the positive reviews speak to the general good qualities of this book. I agree with them but, in addition, would like to point out that this book is way more than just a good intro to the subject for electrical engineers. As the author points out Fourier was not working on problems in electrical engineering, he was concerned with heat.
In the later part of the book, after introducing the mathematical properties of the FT and then their application in electrical engineering, the author considers heat and general conduction problems, as well as statistics, waveforms and noise. Bracewell shows clearly how the concepts,so useful for electical engineering are more general than traditonal EE aplications and can be used to acquire information, devise theories and solve problems in a variety of scientific endeavors.
Thus, the book is really comprehensive and will introduce the reader to the basics of FTs and their myriad applications in a variety of areas. This is a real strength of the author's and is a real positive for this book, either as a first text on FT, or as a reference to scientists and engineers working in any of the areas where the FT is routinely used.
value more than prices! May 7, 2008
Kittipong Trijpech (Nonthaburi , Thailand)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this textbook more than 7 years ago. But I just read a little bit!.
But recently I found that maybe this book is important for my research.
I still don't know why we usually use Laplace Transform to analyzed transistor network to plot frequency response. But use inverse Fourier transform to plot spectrum of the signal in frequency domain. Maybe I will find answer in this book.
MUST HAVE May 12, 2007
Ed (RI)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you need a reference on the Fourier Transform. THIS IS IT!!!!!
The best book for Fourier transform June 22, 2003
Daniel (New York, NY,United States)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
When I came to the field of Fourier transform, the book provides me a clear, easy-understanding picture to the field so that I believe any of you can get into the field by use of the book. If you are looking for your first book to Fourier transform, don't waste your time, it is. Even through my life in the research, I depended on it most of the time. It's too great.
Good book on practical, fourier analysis, excellent problems May 1, 2001
Erik Alapaeae (Sweden)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book is an old classic in fourier analysis - it emphasizes intuitive understanding and uses images a lot to convey information, e.g. the book includes a pictorial dictionary of fourier transforms, and recommends using the method of dragging a strip of paper to get a better understanding of convolutions. The problems are challenging and very interesting, e.g. one problem asks the reader to explain the differences in spectra when reconstructing a signal by linear interpolation vs. sketching a smooth graph between the sample points by hand. (there are also easier problems for to begin with, before one tackles "engineering" questions as the one above) Highly recommended!
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