Customer Reviews

Introduction to Fourier Analysis

Throughout my graduate career, I searched desperately for a book that covered Fourier Analysis in a manner that would be lucid to a novice. Of all the books that I've seen dealing with the subject, I rank Morrison's as the best in this category.

Most books dealing with Fourier Analysis appear to be written for someone with a degree in mathematics. Although I would say that this book is an excellent introduction to Fourier analysis and the Fourier transform, the reader must possess a strong working knowledge of calculus at the least.

The book is presented in the classic textbook format, where each section is introduced and explained with examples, then a series of problems are presented to reinforce the concepts presented.

The first half of the book covers continuous Fourier analysis, and the second half of the book covers discreet Fourier analysis. Some may argue that these two concepts could have been introduced simultaneously, however I found this dichomtomy to be an effective way of presenting the material. The book is geared towards undergraduate students of electrical engineering, but I think that it is appropriate for anyone wishing to learn Fourier analysis. The book is replete with exercises to be completed with the accompanying diskettes (both Mac and PC are included), but I never used them.

This book is the best I've seen dealing with the subject, but I did have to proceed very slowly. I did not understand all of the concepts presented, perhaps because of my limited mathematics background (as high as calculus). For this reason, I rate the book a seven.