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Methods for fast computation of integral transforms

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics; (United States)
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  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

This paper is concerned with two aspects of the numerical calculation of integral transforms. The first is finding a necessary and sufficient condition that enables converting an integral transform into a correlation (convolution) form. The condition and the transformation that implements it are generalizations of the Gardner transformation and derived in the paper. This technique can be applied to a wide class of integral transforms and is shown to reduce the computational complexity and storage requirements of the resulting algorithm. The second issue addressed in the paper is the accuracy of the calculation of the correlation integral, obtained by the above transformation, for a given number of samples. It is shown how the standard FFT method can be applied in combination with various numerical integration rules. This proves to be an important factor in expediting the computations, reducing the storage requirements, an improving the accuracy. 21 refs., 1 tab.

OSTI ID:
7287585
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics; (United States) Vol. 110:1; ISSN 0021-9991; ISSN JCTPAH
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English