Hi all. I am not positive if this is the correct forum for this thread, but it has to do with numerical analysis so I assume it will do.

Anyway, I am having trouble finding the correct way to do this problem, and have been working on it for hours. I feel I can almost get the answer, but just not quite. If you all could take a look and help me out, that would be awesome.

The Discrete Fourier transform is as follows:
X_k = \sum_{j=0}^{2N-1} x_j\omega_{2N}^{-jk}, k=0,...2N-1, \omega_{2N}= exp (\frac{2(\pi)i}{2N})

for x_j \in\Re, {j=0,..,2N-1}

There is more information given to me from previous parts in the problem that help answer the question at hand, so here it is:

1) Not sure how relevant this is, but:
X_{2N-k} = \bar{X}_k for k=0, 1, ...., 2N-1 and \bar{X}_k is the complex conjugate of X_k (as in all complex variables change signs)

2) If y_i=x_{2j}; z_j = x_{2j+1}; w_j=y_j + iz_j; j=0,1,...N-1 and \{Y_k\}, \{Z_k\}, \{W_k\}, k= 0, ....,N-1 are the corresponding DFTs, then:

\bar{W}_{N-k} = Y_k - iZ_k, k= 0, ..., N-1


Here comes the issue at hand:
Express \{X_k, k=0,...,2N-1\} in terms of \{W_k, k=0,...,N-1\}

I'm confused because it seems like W_k is simply the rewrite of X_k divided into even and odd terms (FFT), but there's the i in front of Z_k, so I'm not sure what to do with that.

Then I tried manipulating the two equations: W_k = Y_k + iZ_k and \bar{W}_{N-k}=Y_k-iZ_k to plug into the even and odd breakdown of X_k, but got something weird. Any insight is more than welcomed. Thank you