Enhanced Fast Fractional Fourier Transform (FRFT) Scheme Based on Closed Newton-Cotes Rules
The paper presents an enhanced numerical framework for computing the one-dimensional fast Fractional Fourier Transform (FRFT) by integrating closed-form Composite Newton-Cotes quadrature rules. We show that a FRFT of a QN-length weighted sequence can be decomposed analytically into two mathematically commutative compositions: one involving the composition of a FRFT of an N-length sequence and a FRFT of a Q-length weighted sequence, and the other in reverse order. The composite FRFT approach is applied to the inversion of Fourier and Laplace transforms, with a focus on estimating probability densities for distributions with complex-valued characteristic functions. Numerical experiments on the Variance-Gamma (VG) and Generalized Tempered Stable (GTS) models show that the proposed scheme significantly improves accuracy over standard (non-weighted) fast FRFT and classical Newton-Cotes quadrature, while preserving computational efficiency. The findings suggest that the composite FRFT framework offers a robust and mathematically sound tool for transform-based numerical approximations, particularly in applications involving oscillatory integrals and complex-valued characteristic functions.
Authors
- Aubain Nzokem
- Daniel Maposa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2641-0502)
- Anna M. Seimela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7485-3477)
Institutions
- York University (CA)
- University of Limpopo (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Axioms
- Published
- 2025-07-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms14070543
- Primary Topic
- Image and Signal Denoising Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00