DSP: Properties of the DTFT

Digital Signal Processing

Properties of the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform

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Symmetry/Antisymmetry Definitions
Definition
A sequence x[n] is conjugate symmetric if x∗ [−n] = x[n].

Definition
A sequence x[n] is conjugate antisymmetric if x∗ [−n] = −x[n].

If x[n] is real and conjugate symmetric, it is an even sequence. If x[n] is real and
conjugate antisymmetric, it is an odd sequence.
Definition
A function f (a) is conjugate symmetric if f ∗ (−a) = f (a).

Definition
A function f (a) is conjugate antisymmetric if f ∗ (−a) = −f (a).

If f (a) is real and conjugate symmetric, it is an even function. If f (a) is real and
conjugate antisymmetric, it is an odd function.
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Decompositions
Any sequence x[n] (real or complex) can be expressed as the sum of a conjugate
symmetric and conjugate antisymmetric sequence, i.e.,
x[n] = xe [n] + xo [n]
| {z } | {z }
conjugate symmetric conjugate antisymmetric

with
1 1
xe [n] = (x[n] + x∗ [−n]) and xo [n] = (x[n] − x∗ [−n])
2 2
By linearity, the DTFT can be written as
X(ejω ) = Xe (ejω ) + Xo (ejω )
with
1
1

Xe (ejω ) = X(ejω ) + X ∗ (e−jω ) and Xo (ejω ) = X(ejω ) − X ∗ (e−jω )
2 2
It is easy to confirm that Xe (ejω ) is a conjugate symmetric function of ω and
Xo (ejω ) is a conjugate antisymmetric function of ω (just plug in −ω for ω).
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