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Factoring the Signal Processing Operators

Module by: C. Sidney Burrus

A third approach to removing redundancy in an algorithm is to express the algorithm as an operator and then factor that operator into sparse factors. This approach is used by Tolimieri Entry 4, Entry 5, Egner Entry 3, Selesnick, Elliott Entry 2 and others. It is presented in a more general form in DFT and FFT: An Algebraic View The operators may be in the form of a matrix or a tensor operator.

The FFT from Factoring the DFT Operator

The definition of the DFT in Multidimensional Index Mapping: Equation 1 can written as a matrix-vector operation by C=WXC=WX which, for N=8N=8 is

C ( 0 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 7 ) = W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 1 W 2 W 3 W 4 W 5 W 6 W 7 W 0 W 2 W 4 W 6 W 8 W 10 W 12 W 14 W 0 W 3 W 6 W 9 W 12 W 15 W 18 W 21 W 0 W 4 W 8 W 12 W 16 W 20 W 24 W 28 W 0 W 5 W 10 W 15 W 20 W 25 W 30 W 35 W 0 W 6 W 12 W 18 W 24 W 30 W 36 W 42 W 0 W 7 W 14 W 21 W 28 W 35 W 42 W 49 x ( 0 ) x ( 1 ) x ( 2 ) x ( 3 ) x ( 4 ) x ( 5 ) x ( 6 ) x ( 7 ) C ( 0 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 7 ) = W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 0 W 1 W 2 W 3 W 4 W 5 W 6 W 7 W 0 W 2 W 4 W 6 W 8 W 10 W 12 W 14 W 0 W 3 W 6 W 9 W 12 W 15 W 18 W 21 W 0 W 4 W 8 W 12 W 16 W 20 W 24 W 28 W 0 W 5 W 10 W 15 W 20 W 25 W 30 W 35 W 0 W 6 W 12 W 18 W 24 W 30 W 36 W 42 W 0 W 7 W 14 W 21 W 28 W 35 W 42 W 49 x ( 0 ) x ( 1 ) x ( 2 ) x ( 3 ) x ( 4 ) x ( 5 ) x ( 6 ) x ( 7 ) (1)

which clearly requires N2=64N2=64 complex multiplications and N(N-1)N(N-1) additions. A factorization of the DFT operator, WW, gives W=F1F2F3W=F1F2F3 and C=F1F2F3XC=F1F2F3X or, expanded,

C ( 0 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 7 ) = 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 2 0 - W 2 C ( 0 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 7 ) = 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 2 0 - W 2 (2)
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 W 0 0 0 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 W 1 0 0 0 - W 1 0 0 0 0 W 2 0 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 W 3 0 0 0 - W 3 x ( 0 ) x ( 1 ) x ( 2 ) x ( 3 ) x ( 4 ) x ( 5 ) x ( 6 ) x ( 7 ) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 W 0 0 0 0 - W 0 0 0 0 0 W 1 0 0 0 - W 1 0 0 0 0 W 2 0 0 0 - W 2 0 0 0 0 W 3 0 0 0 - W 3 x ( 0 ) x ( 1 ) x ( 2 ) x ( 3 ) x ( 4 ) x ( 5 ) x ( 6 ) x ( 7 ) (3)

where the FiFi matrices are sparse. Note that each has 16 (or 2N2N) non-zero terms and F2F2 and F3F3 have 8 (or NN) non-unity terms. If N=2MN=2M, then the number of factors is log(N)=Mlog(N)=M. In another form with the twiddle factors separated so as to count the complex multiplications we have

C ( 0 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 7 ) = 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 C ( 0 ) C ( 4 ) C ( 2 ) C ( 6 ) C ( 1 ) C ( 5 ) C ( 3 ) C ( 7 ) = 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 (4)
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0