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NFFT

# Fast Fourier Transform at Nonequispaced Nodes (NFFT)

Fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) belong to the '10 algorithms with the greatest influence on the development and practice of science and engineering in the 20th century'. The classic algorithm computes the discrete Fourier transform
$f_j= \sum_{k=-\frac{N}{2}}^{\frac{N}{2}-1} \hat{f}_{k} {\rm e}^{2\pi{\rm i}\frac{kj}{N}}$
for $j=-\frac{N}{2},\ldots,\frac{N}{2}-1$ and given complex coefficients $\hat{f}_{k}\in\mathbb{C}$. Using a divide and conquer approach, the number of floating point operations is reduced from ${\cal O}(N^2)$ for a straightforward computation to only ${\cal O}(N\log N)$. In conjunction with publicly available efficient implementations the fast Fourier transform has become of great importance in scientific computing.

However, two shortcomings of traditional schemes are the need for equispaced sampling and the restriction to the system of complex exponential functions. The NFFT is a C subroutine library for computing the nonequispaced discrete Fourier transform (NDFT) and its generalisations in one or more dimensions, of arbitrary input size, and of complex data.

More precisely,we collect the possible frequencies $\mathbf{k}\in\mathbb{Z}^d$ in the multi-index set
$I_{\mathbf{N}} := \left\{ \mathbf{k}=\left(k_t\right)_{t=0,\ldots,d-1} \in \mathbb{Z}^d: - \frac{N_t}{2} \le k_t < \frac{N_t}{2} ,\;t=0,\ldots,d-1\right\},$
where $\mathbf{N}=\left(N_t\right)_{t=0,\ldots,d-1}$ is the multibandlimit, i.e., $N_t\in 2\mathbb{N}$. For a finite number of given Fourier coefficients $\hat f_{\mathbf{k}} \in \mathbb{C}$, $\mathbf{k}\in I_{\mathbf{N}}$, we consider the fast evaluation of the trigonometric polynomial
$f\left(\mathbf{x}\right) := \sum_{ \mathbf{k}\in I_{ N}} \hat{f}_{\mathbf{ k}} {\rm e}^{-2\pi{\rm i}\mathbf{k}\mathbf{ x}}$
at given nonequispaced nodes $\mathbf{x}_j \in \mathbb{T}^d$, $j=0,\ldots, M-1$, from the $d$-dimensional torus as well as the adjoint problem, the fast evaluation of sums of the form
$\hat h_{\mathbf{k}} := \sum_{j=0}^{M-1} {f}_{j} {\rm e}^{2\pi{\rm i}\mathbf{k}\mathbf{ x}_j}.$

For further information see: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~potts/nfft/index.php