** There are several definitions, we use the following (for ``norm="backward"``) .. math:: y_k = x_0 + 2 \sum_{n=1}^{N-1} x_n \cos\left(\frac{\pi(2k+1)n}{2N}\right) If ``orthogonalize=True``, ``x[0]`` terms are multiplied by :math:`\sqrt{2}` which, when combined with ``norm="ortho"``, makes the corresponding matrix of coefficients orthonormal (``O @ O.T = np.eye(N)``). The (unnormalized) DCT-III is the inverse of the (unnormalized) DCT-II, up to a factor `2N`. The orthonormalized DCT-III is exactly the inverse of the orthonormalized DCT-II. **Type IV** There are several definitions of the DCT-IV; we use the following (for ``norm="backward"``) .. math:: y_k = 2 \sum_{n=0}^{N-1} x_n \cos\left(\frac{\pi(2k+1)(2n+1)}{4N} \right) ``orthogonalize`` has no effect here, as the DCT-IV matrix is already orthogonal up to a scale factor of ``2N``. References ---------- .. [1] 'A Fast Cosine Transform in One and Two Dimensions', by J. Makhoul, `IEEE Transactions on acoustics, speech and signal processing` vol. 28(1), pp. 27-34, :doi:`10.1109/TASSP.1980.1163351` (1980). .. [2] Wikipedia, "Discrete cosine transform", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_cosine_transform Examples -------- The Type 1 DCT is equivalent to the FFT (though faster) for real, even-symmetrical inputs. The output is also real and even-symmetrical. Half of the FFT input is used to generate half of the FFT output: >>> from scipy.fft import fft, dct >>> import numpy as np >>> fft(np.array([4., 3., 5., 10., 5., 3.])).real array([ 30., -8., 6., -2., 6., -8.]) >>> dct(np.array([4., 3., 5., 10.]), 1) array([ 30., -8., 6., -2.]) r