The function may be called by the names: c06fqc, nag_sum_withdraw_fft_hermitian_1d_multi_rfmt or nag_fft_multiple_hermitian.
3Description
Given Hermitian sequences of complex data values , for and , this function simultaneously calculates the Fourier transforms of all the sequences defined by
(Note the scale factor in this definition.)
The transformed values are purely real.
The first call of c06fqc must be preceded by a call to c06gzc to initialize the array trig with trigonometric coefficients according to the value of n.
The discrete Fourier transform is sometimes defined using a positive sign in the exponential term
For that form, this function should be preceded by a call to c06gqc to form the complex conjugates of the .
The function uses a variant of the fast Fourier transform algorithm (Brigham (1974)) known as the Stockham self-sorting algorithm, which is described in Temperton (1983). Special code is included for the factors , , , 5 and 6.
4References
Brigham E O (1974) The Fast Fourier Transform Prentice–Hall
Temperton C (1983) Fast mixed-radix real Fourier transforms J. Comput. Phys.52 340–350
5Arguments
1: – IntegerInput
On entry: the number of sequences to be transformed, .
Constraint:
.
2: – IntegerInput
On entry: the number of data values in each sequence, .
Constraint:
.
3: – doubleInput/Output
On entry: the Hermitian sequences must be stored consecutively in x in Hermitian form. Sequence 1 should occupy the first elements of x, sequence 2 the elements to , so that in general sequence occupies the array elements to . If the data values are written as , then for , should be in array element and for , should be in array element .
On exit: the components of the discrete Fourier transforms, stored consecutively. Transform occupies the elements to of x overwriting the corresponding original sequence; thus if the components of the discrete Fourier transform are denoted by , for , then the elements of the array x contain the values
4: – const doubleInput
On entry: trigonometric coefficients as returned by a call of c06gzc. c06fqc makes a simple check to ensure that trig has been initialized and that the initialization is compatible with the value of n
5: – NagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library CL Interface).
6Error Indicators and Warnings
NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
NE_C06_NOT_TRIG
Value of n and trig array are incompatible or trig array not initialized.
NE_INT_ARG_LT
On entry, .
Constraint: .
On entry, .
Constraint: .
7Accuracy
Some indication of accuracy can be obtained by performing a subsequent inverse transform and comparing the results with the original sequence (in exact arithmetic they would be identical).
8Parallelism and Performance
Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
c06fqc is not threaded in any implementation.
9Further Comments
The time taken is approximately proportional to , but also depends on the factors of . The function is fastest if the only prime factors of are , 3 and , and is particularly slow if is a large prime, or has large prime factors.
10Example
This program reads in sequences of real data values which are assumed to be Hermitian sequences of complex data stored in Hermitian form. The sequences are expanded into full complex form using c06gsc and printed. The discrete Fourier transforms are then computed (using c06fqc) and printed out. Inverse transforms are then calculated by calling c06fpc followed by c06gqc showing that the original sequences are restored.