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Homework Statement
What is the Fourier transform of a single short pulse and of a sequence of pulses?
The Attempt at a Solution
In class we haven't dealt with the mathematics of a Fourier transform, however my professor has simple stated that a Fourier transform is simply a equation converter. You can take equations that are a function of frequency and change them to a function of time, and vice versa.
With that said, i think that the Fourier transform of a single short pulse consists of an infinite amount of waves, that destructively interfere everywhere except one place.
From that i want to say a series of pulses is the sum of many waves that have phase relations that there is periodic constuctive interference, but destructive interference in between. I have no clue if this is correct.