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Mathematics

Fourier Transform on Tempered Distributions

Quick fact

The Fourier transform of the Dirac delta distribution is the constant function 1, meaning a spike contains all frequencies equally.

Why this is interesting

You know the Fourier transform turns a signal into its frequencies. But what if the signal is a sharp spike, or grows forever? The Fourier transform still works—thanks to a clever trick called tempered distributions.