Naturally we may prefer true dip filters,
that is, functions of instead of
the functions of
described above.
But it can be shown that replacing
in the above expressions
by
gives recursions that are unstable.
Sharper pie slices
(filters which are more strictly a rectangle function of ),
may be defined through a variety of approximation methods
described by Hale and Claerbout [1983].
Generally, |k| can be expanded in a power series in
.If the approximation to |k| is ensured positive,
you can expect stability of the recursion
that represents
.
More simply, you might be willing to Fourier transform time or space, but not both. In the remaining dimension (the one not transformed) the required operation is a highpass or lowpass filter. This is readily implemented by a variety of techniques, such as the Butterworth filter.