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Dirichlet kernel

kernel, in mathematics, known function that appears in the integrand of an integral equation. Thus, in the equationEquation.

(for symbol, see integration), both the kernel function, K(x, y), and g(x) are given, and f(x) is the function sought. As an example, in Abel’s equation for the curve followed by a particle moving in a vertical plane under the influence of gravity, which takes the form of the integral equationEquation.in which t is time, the kernel function isDepiction of the kernal function.with g the acceleration of gravity.

Other kernels in mathematics, such as the Dirichlet kernel and Fejér’s kernel, are concerned with Fourier series. See integral transform.