Return discrete Fourier transform of real or complex sequence.
The returned complex array contains ``y(0), y(1),..., y(n-1)`` where
``y(j) = (x * exp(-2*pi*sqrt(-1)*j*np.arange(n)/n)).sum()``.
Parameters ---------- x : array_like Array to Fourier transform. n : int, optional Length of the Fourier transform. If ``n < x.shapeaxis``, `x` is truncated. If ``n > x.shapeaxis``, `x` is zero-padded. The default results in ``n = x.shapeaxis``. axis : int, optional Axis along which the fft's are computed; the default is over the last axis (i.e., ``axis=-1``). overwrite_x : bool, optional If True, the contents of `x` can be destroyed; the default is False.
Returns ------- z : complex ndarray with the elements::
y(0),y(1),..,y(n/2),y(1-n/2),...,y(-1) if n is even y(0),y(1),..,y((n-1)/2),y(-(n-1)/2),...,y(-1) if n is odd
where::
y(j) = sumk=0..n-1 xk * exp(-sqrt(-1)*j*k* 2*pi/n), j = 0..n-1
See Also -------- ifft : Inverse FFT rfft : FFT of a real sequence
Notes ----- The packing of the result is 'standard': If ``A = fft(a, n)``, then ``A0`` contains the zero-frequency term, ``A1:n/2`` contains the positive-frequency terms, and ``An/2:`` contains the negative-frequency terms, in order of decreasingly negative frequency. So for an 8-point transform, the frequencies of the result are 0, 1, 2, 3, -4, -3, -2, -1. To rearrange the fft output so that the zero-frequency component is centered, like -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, use `fftshift`.
Both single and double precision routines are implemented. Half precision inputs will be converted to single precision. Non floating-point inputs will be converted to double precision. Long-double precision inputs are not supported.
This function is most efficient when `n` is a power of two, and least efficient when `n` is prime.
Note that if ``x`` is real-valued then ``Aj == An-j.conjugate()``. If ``x`` is real-valued and ``n`` is even then ``An/2`` is real.
If the data type of `x` is real, a 'real FFT' algorithm is automatically used, which roughly halves the computation time. To increase efficiency a little further, use `rfft`, which does the same calculation, but only outputs half of the symmetrical spectrum. If the data is both real and symmetrical, the `dct` can again double the efficiency, by generating half of the spectrum from half of the signal.
Examples -------- >>> from scipy.fftpack import fft, ifft >>> x = np.arange(5) >>> np.allclose(fft(ifft(x)), x, atol=1e-15) # within numerical accuracy. True