Fourier Transforms

PART B Questions
1
1. Find the Fourier transform of x  
0
 
 ! 

    and   ! 

for

2. Find the Fourier sine transform of f (x) =

| |  1 
. Hence prove that
otherwise

sin x,

0< x

x < .

cos 2 x

dx = e 8 and
3. Find the Fourier cosine transform of e 4x . Deduce that
2
8
0 x + 16

x sin 2 x
8
2 dx = 2 e .
x + 16
0,

4. State and prove convolution theorem for Fourier transforms.

1 " for | | # 1
Hence evaluate
| | $ 1
0 for
2

sin x x cos x
x
x cos x sin x
dx.
0
cos 2 dx .Hence evaluate
x3
x3

5. Find the Fourier transform of    

6. Find the Fourier cosine transform of % &'

! !
% &' 

!!

. Hence evaluate the Fourier sine transform of

1 x
7. Find the Fourier transform of f(x) if f ( x ) =
0
4
sin x

dx = .
Hence prove that
4
3
0 x
8. If F [ f ( x )] = f ( s ) prove that F [ f ( ax) ] =

9.

Evaluate

(x
0

for x < 1
for x > 1

1 s
f .
a a

dx
using Fourier transforms.
+ a ) (x 2 + b 2 )
2

10. Find the Fourier transform of % &'|| if ( $ 0, hence deduce that 

11. Find the Fourier sine transform of % &

!

12. Derive the Parsevals identity for Fourier transforms.

13. Find the Fourier cosine and sine transforms of x n 1 .

 ! *'! !

 

+',

| |  ( 
and hence evaluate
| | $ ( $ 0

2
 ' ./'
sin x
Sin t
0. Also evaluate
dx and
dt.


t
x
0
0
1 for
0 for

14.Find the Fourier transform of x  

15. Prove that % &

 !-

is self reciprocal under Fourier cosine transform.

a x
16. Find the Fourier transform of e
, a > 0. Hence deduce that

2a s
2
a x
F xe
.
=i
(a 2 + s 2 ) 2

f ( x) cos a x

17. Solve for f(x) from the integral equation

dx = e a .

0
18. Find the Fourier sine transform of e ax , a > 0 and hence deduce the inversion formula.

19. Find Fourier sine and cosine transform of e x and hence find that Fourier sine transform of
x
x
and Fourier cosine transform of
.
2
1+ x
1+ x2
a 2 x 2 ;
20. Show that the Fourier transform of f ( x) =
0;

x <a
is
x >a> 0

sin t t cos t

2 sin a a cos a
dt = .

. Hence deduce
3
3
4

0
0 < x <1
x;

21. Find the Fourier sine and cosine transform of f (x) = 2 x; 1< x < 2
0;
x>2

22. If F(s) is the Fourier transform of f (x), find the Fourier transform of f(x a) and f (ax).
0; x < 0
23. Verify Parsevals theorem of Fourier transform for the function f(x) = x
e ; x > 0.
2

24. Find Fourier Cosine transform of e x .

25. Find the Fourier cosine transform of e a

26. Using Fourier transform, evaluate

(x
0

2 2

dx
.
+ a ) ( x 2 + b 2 ).
2

27. Find the Fourier transform of the function f(x) defined by

1 x 2 if x < 1
f (x) =
if x 1
0
sin s cos s
sin s cos s 2
3

s
cos ds =
. and
28. Hence prove that
ds = .

16
15
2
s3
s3

0
0

29. Find the Fourier sine transform of

eax
, where a > 0.
x

30. Find the Fourier cosine and sine transforms of e ax , a > 0 .Hence deduce the inversion
formula for both sine and cosine transforms.
31. Using Parsevals identify of Fourier transform of sine and cosine, evaluate

dx
x2
and
0 (a 2 + x 2 ) 2 0 (a 2 + x 2 ) 2 dx if a > 0.

32. Use transform method to evaluate

dx
.
( x + 1) ( x 2 + 4)
2

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