Fourier Series as Matrix products

Consider the periodic continuous-time signal x (t ) with period T  1 . This means the signal
fo
has a fundamental frequency of fo .

In general the inverse Fourier series can be expressed as the dot product of two vectors

 e j 2 f1t 
 
 e j 2 f2 t 
 X ( f k ) e j 2 f t  [ X ( f1 )
k
X ( f2 ) X ( f N )]  
k  
 e j 2 fN t 
 

where X ( fk ) is the Fourier component associated with the frequency f  fk . For the
above case of a periodic signal, fk  2 k fo .

x(t )   X ( f k ) e j 2 fk t  XT  exp( j 2 f t)
k

 X ( f1 )   f1   e j 2  f1 t 
 X( f )  f   
 e j 2  f2 t 
X 2 
, f   2, exp( j 2 f t)   
   
     
 X ( f N )  fN   e j 2  fN t 
 