>> If the signal is non-periodic than it can be expressed as sum of
>> different frequency components (cos and sin). Thus FT of the signal
>> will not be continuous consisting of discrete components (each
>> component/spike corresponds to a frequency).

> Is the Fourier Transform truly not coninuous or does it have sections
> of zero amplitude? There IS a difference.

Does 0.999r =3D =3D  1.0000
IS there a difference?
(Big arguments start there fwiw)

Note somewhere around here the asymptotically close relationship
between FT and FFT.
Cooley was no Turkey!
(groan).*

  Russell

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooley%E2%80%93Tukey_FFT_algorithm



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