Answer to Question #213362 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Elisha

Question

Find the complex form of the Fourier integral for the function 

f(x) = (0, x < 0

e−x, x > 0.

Answer 1

From the definition of the Fourier transformation

$$f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}F(t)e^{-itx}dt$$

we obtain

$$f(x)=\int\limits_{-1}^{0}(1+t)e^{-itx}dt+\int\limits_{0}^{1}(1-t)e^{-itx}dt=$$ $$=2\int\limits_{0}^{1}\cos(tx)dt-2\int\limits_{0}^{1}t\cos(tx)dt=2\frac{\sin(x)}{x}+2\frac{1}{x^2}-2\frac{\cos (x)}{x^2}-2\frac{\sin (x)}{x}=$$ $$=2\frac{1-\cos(x)}{x^2}$$

Answer:

$$f(x)=2\frac{1-\cos(x)}{x^2}$$