This document discusses the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and fast Fourier transform (FFT). It begins by contrasting the frequency and time domains. It then defines the DFT, showing how it samples the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) at discrete frequency points. It provides an example 4-point DFT calculation. It discusses the computational complexity of the direct DFT algorithm and how the FFT reduces this to O(N log N) by decomposing the DFT into smaller transforms. It explains the decimation-in-time FFT algorithm using butterfly operations across multiple stages. Finally, it notes that the inverse FFT can be computed using the FFT along with conjugation and scaling steps.