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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
CSIR-NET-JRF/GATE/TIFR/JEST
ASSIGNMENT - FOURIER TRANSFORM

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f  x  , if x  a
1. Consider the function f  x   e x . Its fourier
2
2a
 0, if x  a is
transform for g  k  is proportional to
[HCU PHD 2012] sin  a  cos  a 
(a) (b)
(a) e  k 2 /2 (b) e  k 2 2 a 2 a

(c) e 2 k / 2 (d) e  k 2 /4 cos  a  sin  a 

(c) (d)
2. The fourier transform of the function f (x) is 2 a 2 a
6. Consider a signal defined by
F ( k )   eikx f ( x ) dx . The Fourier transform of
ei10t for t  1
df ( x) / dx is : [GATE 2003] x t   
0 for t  1
(a) dF ( k ) / dk (b)  F ( k ) / dk
The fourier transform is
(c) ikF ( k ) (d) ikF ( k )
sin   10  i10 sin   10 
(a) 2 (b) 2e
3. Fourier transform of which of the following func-   10   10
tions does not exist ? [GATE 2002]
i10 sin    10  sin 
(c) e (d) 2
(a) e x (b) xe x 2
  10   10
(c) e x 2 (d) e x2 7. Let f  t  be a continuous time signal and let

 F   be its Fourier Transform defined by

4. The fourier transform f  k    dxf  x  e
 ikx
of 

F     f  t  e dt
 jt

the function f  x   e  x ,  0 is
2


[HCU PHD 2015] Define g  t  by


 2   /k 2
g t    F u  e
/ 4
(a) e k (b) e  jut
du
a  

 ik /
e  2
/4
What is the relationship between f  t  and g  t 
(c) (d)  ek

(a) g  t  would always be proportional to f  t 
5. The Fourier transform of
(b) g  t  would be proportional to f  t  if

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f  t  is a sinusoidal funtion then F 1
 cos 2 va  will correspond to
[GATE 2008]
(c) g  t  would be proportional to f  t  only if
(a)  ( x  a )   ( x  a )
f  t  is a sinusoidal function (b) a constant
(d) g  t  would never be proportional to f  t  1
(c)  ( x  a )  i ( x  a) 
8. Fouirer transform of the derivative of the Dirac 2

 - function, namely  '  x  , is proportional to (d)

1
 ( x  a )   ( x  a)
[CSIR JUNE 2013] 2
(a) 0 (b) 1 13. What is the Fourier transform  dx eikx f ( x ) of
(c) sink (d) ik

The fourier transform g    of the function dn
9. f ( x)   ( x)   n
 ( x) , Where  ( x) is the
n 1 dx
f t   e
 t
(defined along the real line, where Dirac delta function ?
  0 ) is [HCU PHD 2019] [CSIR JUNE 2016]
1  1  1 1
(a) (b) (a) (b)
2    2
2
2    2
2 1  ik 1  ik
1 1
1 2 1 2 (c) (d)
(c) (d) k i k i
2   
2 2
2    2
2
14. The Fourier transform of
10. The Fourier transform F (k) of a function f (x) is
f ( x) is f (k )   dx eikx f ( x).

defined as :

 If f ( x)   ( x)    ( x )    ( x)
F (k )   dx f ( x ) exp (ikx)

where  ( x) is the Dirac function (and prime de-
Then F (k) for f (x) = exp (-x2) is : [Given :
notes derivative), What is f (k ) ?
 


exp  x 2 dx   ] [GATE 2004]
[CSIR DEC 2015]
 k 2  (a)   i k  i k 2 (b)    k   k 2
(a)  exp( k ) (b)  exp  
 4  (c)   i k   k 2 (d) i   k  i k 2
15. The kth Fourier component of f ( x )   ( x ) is
 k 2 
(c)
2
exp 
 2 
 (d) 2 exp k  2
 [GATE 2016]
(a) 1 (b) zero
 (c) (2 ) 1 2 (d) (2 ) 3 2
11. The Fourier transform
 dx f ( x) e of the func-
ikx

 2
e k /4 a

1 16. If the fourier transform of eax is 2

, then the
tion f ( x )  is [CSIR DEC 2016] a
x 2
2

fourier transform of f  x   x 2e  ax is
2

(a) 2 e
 2k (b) 2 e  2k
[DU 2019]
   2k
(c) e 2k
(d) e k 2  2a  k 2 /4 a
2 2 (a) F  k   e
12. If the fourier transform 4a 5/2

F  ( x  a)  exp  i 2 va  ,

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Where  is positive. The Fourier transform
k 2  2a  k 2 /4 a
(b) F  k   e 
4a 5/2
f ( k )   dx e
ikx
f ( x ) of f , and the solution of

k 2  2a  k 2 /4 a
(c) F  k   e the equation are, respectively,
4a 3/2 [CSIR DEC 2015]
eikx 1   x  a  xa

k 2  2a  k 2 /4 a (a) and e e
(d) F  k   e k 
2 2
2  
4a 5/2
eikx 1  x  a
 (b) and e
k 
2 2
2
 dxf  x  e
ikx
17. The Fourier transform of the func-
 eikx 1   i x  a i x  a

(c) and e e
k 
2 2
2  
tion f  x   e  x is [CSIR JUNE 2018]
eikx 1   i x  a i x  a

(d) 2 and e e
2 1 k  2
2i  

(a) 
1 k 2
(b)

2 1 k 2  20. The graph of a real periodic function f(x) for the
range  ,   is shown below
2 2
(c)
1 k 
(d) 2  k 2
 f(x)

18. The displacement of a damped harmonic oscilla-

tor as a function of time is given by x

0 for t  0
f  t    t /
e sin 0t for t  0
Which of the following graphs represents the real
part of its fourier transform?
The Fourier transform of f  t  is [CSIR JUNE 2014]
[HCU PHD 2018]
Re f(k) Re f(k)
1 1 1  (a)
k
(b)
k
(a) 2      i /       i /  
  0   0  

 1 1  Re f(k) Re f(k)
(b)    i /     i /  
  0   0  
(c) (d)
k k
(c) cos 0

1 1 1  21. Consider the periodic function f  t  with time

(d) 2      i /       i /  
     
0 0
period T as shown in the fugure below:

19. A function f  x  satisfies the following differen-

d2y
tial equation 2
  2 y   ( x  a)
dx

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(d) 2 exp  2k  2
  exp  2k 
2

24. Consider an array of afoms in one dimension with

an ensemble averaged periodic density distribu-
tion as shown in the figure.
[CSIR JUNE 2019]
[CSIR JUNE 2015]
p(x)
1
The spikes, are located t   2n  1 , at where
2 
n  0, 1, 2,........, are Dirac delta functions of
strength 1 . The amplitudes an in the fourier ex- I/

pansion f  t     an e 2 int/T are given by

n 
a x
2a 3a 4a
1 n
(a)  1
n
(b) sin
n 2 If k is the wave number and S  k ,   denotes
n the fourier transform of the denisty-density
(c) i sin (d) n
2 correlation function, the ratio S  k ,   /S  k ,0 
22. The Heaviside function is defined as
is
 k  2  k 
 1 for t 0 (a) cos   (b) cos  
H (t )    2   2 
 1 for t0
[GATE 2015] 2  k  4 2  k 
(c) sin   (d) 2 2 sin  
and its fourier transform is given by 2i /  . The k  2  k   2 
fourier transform of 25. The output intensity I of radiation from a single
mode of resonant cavity obeys
1  1  1 
 H  t    H  t    is d 
2   2  2  I  0 I
dt Q
 
sin cos Where Q is the quality factor of the cavity and 0
2 2
(a)  (b)  is the resonant frequency. The form of the fre-
quency spectrum of the output is
2 2
[JEST 2016]
 (a) Delta function (b) Gaussian
(c) sin (d) 0 (c) Lorentzian (d) Exponential
2
23. The Fourier transform of the function
1 ANSWER KEY
up to a proportionality constant is
x  3x2  2
4

[JEST 2017] 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c)

4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a)
(a)  
2 exp  k 2  exp 2k 2  7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c)
10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (d)
(b) 
2 exp   k   exp  2 k  13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c)
16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d)
 
(c) 2 exp  k  exp  2 k   19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (c)
22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (d)
25. (c)

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