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GATE 2020 IN – Question 58

Signals and Systems · Discrete-time systems and digital filters: Discrete-time systems, DFT and FFT, basics of IIR and FIR filters · 2 marks · Numerical answer

The finite sequence is X = (1,1,1). Its inverse DFT is x = (x(0),x(1),x(2)). Find x(2).

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Correct answer: 0 to 0

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Using the three-point inverse DFT, $x[n]=(1/3)\sum_{k=0}^2X[k]e^{j2\pi kn/3}$. For n = 2 and X[k] = 1, the three cube roots of unity sum to zero. Thus x(2) = 0. Equivalently the inverse DFT of a constant spectrum is a unit impulse at n = 0.

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