Write down the steps in the calculation of the fft for m = 2^4 The procedure is effectively identical for m = 2^4 as for any other power of 2. As described on page 348, you take the summation and group terms by even and odd indices. Then you factor out z^j from the odd-index sum. The general algorithm is fully described on pages 350-352, so I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to say to answer this question. Anyway, here are the (tedious) formulae representing all the matrix transformations for this problem. I hope this is the answer you were looking for. Pc c0 c8 c1 c9 c2 c10 c3 c11 c4 c12 c5 c13 c6 c14 c7 c15 d = D1SPc d0 = c0 + c8 d1 = c0 - c8 d2 = c1 + c9 d3 = z^2(c1 - c9) d4 = c2 + c10 d5 = z^4(c2 - c10) d6 = c3 + c11 d7 = z^6(c3 - c11) d8 = c4 + c12 d9 = i(c4 - c12) d10 = c5 + c13 d11 = z^10(c5 - c13) d12 = c6 + c14 d13 = z^12(c6 - c14) d14 = c7 + c15 d15 = z^14(c7 - c15) e = D2SPd e0 = d0 + d8 e1 = d0 - d8 e2 = d1 + d9 e3 = d1 - d9 e4 = d2 + d10 e5 = z^4(d2 - d10) e6 = d3 + d11 e7 = z^4(d3 - d11) e8 = d4 + d12 e9 = i(d4 - d12) e10 = d5 + d13 e11 = i(d5 - d13) e12 = d6 + d14 e13 = z^12(d6 - d14) e14 = d7 + d15 e15 = z^12d7 - d15) g = D3SPe g0 = e0 + e8 g1 = e0 - e8 g2 = e1 + e9 g3 = e1 - e9 g4 = e2 + e10 g5 = e2 - e10 g6 = e3 + e11 g7 = e3 - e11 g8 = e4 + e12 g9 = i(e4 - e12) g10 = e5 + e13 g11 = i(e5 - e13) g12 = e6 + e14 g13 = i(e6 - e14) g14 = e7 + e15 g15 = i(e7 - e15) QTf = Sg f0 = g0 + g8 f8 = g0 - g8 f4 = g1 + g9 f12 = g1 - g9 f2 = g2 + g10 f10 = g2 - g10 f6 = g3 + g11 f14 = g3 - g11 f1 = g4 + g12 f9 = g4 - g12 f3 = g5 + g13 f11 = g5 - g13 f5 = g6 + g14 f13 = g6 - g14 f7 = g7 + g15 f15 = g7 - g15