Parallel fast Fourier transforms for non power of two data

摘要

This report deals with parallel algorithms for computing discrete Fourier transforms of real sequences of length N not equal to a power of two. The method described is an extension of existing power of two transforms to sequences with N a product of small primes. In particular, this implementation requires N = 2(sup p)3(sup q)5(sup r). The communication required is the same as for a transform of length N = 2(sup p). The algorithm presented is intended for use in the solution of partial differential equations, or in any situation in which a large number of forward and backward transforms must be performed and in which the Fourier Coefficients need not be ordered. This implementation is a one dimensional FFT but the techniques are applicable to multidimensional transforms as well. The algorithm has been implemented on a 128 node Intel Ipsc/860.