diff --git a/source/signal_processing/dft.rst b/source/signal_processing/dft.rst index 72ec952..509c26c 100644 --- a/source/signal_processing/dft.rst +++ b/source/signal_processing/dft.rst @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Hence, all :math:`X_k` such that :math:`k > \frac{N}{2}` corresponds to negative &=X_{-1} This explanation is extracted from `here `__. +Note that, the frequency corresponding to :math:`\frac{N}{2}` is called `Nyquist_rate `__. +As frequencies above :math:`\frac{N}{2}` cannot be captured by the signal due to the `Nyquist-Shannon `__, a reasoning phenomenon starts to arise. +This leads to a capturing effect of the negative frequencies. +See `here `__ for a visual explanation. Inverse DFT ===========