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Fourier Transform does mathematically what our ears do physically: resolve a signal into component frequencies.
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Fourier Transform does mathematically what our ears do physically: resolve a signal into component frequencies. FT is a method to determine the simple wave components of a mixed wave. The method is theoretically based on calculus, but is actually carried out computationally using numerical analysis.
  
FT is a method to determine the simple wave components of a mixed wave. The method is theoretically based on calculus, but is actually carried out computationally using numerical analysis.
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The signal output from an NMR instrument is called a Free Induction Decay (FID) and looks like this:
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This signal gives intensity of the signal versus time. A fourier transform algorithm is applied to the signal which converts it to intensity versus frequency.

Revision as of 07:53, 15 April 2021

Fourier Transform does mathematically what our ears do physically: resolve a signal into component frequencies. FT is a method to determine the simple wave components of a mixed wave. The method is theoretically based on calculus, but is actually carried out computationally using numerical analysis.

The signal output from an NMR instrument is called a Free Induction Decay (FID) and looks like this:

This signal gives intensity of the signal versus time. A fourier transform algorithm is applied to the signal which converts it to intensity versus frequency.