Dft of sinc

1. What is the Fourier transform of sinc?
2. What is the magnitude of a sinc function?

What is the Fourier transform of sinc?

The Fourier transform of the sinc function is a rectangle centered on ω = 0. This gives sinc(x) a special place in the realm of signal processing, because a rectangular shape in the frequency domain is the idealized “brick-wall” filter response.

What is the magnitude of a sinc function?

The sinc function is defined as: sinc(a) = sin(πa)/(πa), however, it is common to see the vague statement: "the sinc function is of the general form: sin(x)/x." In other words, the sinc is a sine wave that decays in amplitude as 1/x.