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Statement: Find Fourier Transform expression for: 𝜹(𝒙)

Solution:
Outline: We will show that
∫∞
• 𝛿(𝑥) = 2𝜋
1
−∞
𝑒𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘 using Fourier and inv-Fourier Transform (simple and direct)
∫∞
• 𝛿(𝑥) = 2𝜋
1
−∞
𝑒𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘 using sinc-type function
So, let us start. First we do it using Fourier-inv.Fourier Transform. Recall
∫ ∞
1
˜
F [ 𝑓 (𝑥)] = 𝑓 (𝑘) = √ 𝑓 (𝑥) 𝑒 −𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑥 (1)
2𝜋 ∫−∞
∞
1
F −1 𝑓˜(𝑘) = 𝑓 (𝑥) = √ 𝑓˜(𝑘) 𝑒 +𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘
 
(2)
2𝜋 −∞

Now, for the Dirac Delta function (𝛿(𝑥)), we have


∫ ∞
1
˜
F [𝛿(𝑥)] = 𝛿(𝑘) =√ 𝛿(𝑥) 𝑒 −𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑥 (3)
2𝜋 −∞

˜ 1
⇒ 𝛿(𝑘) =√ (4)
2𝜋
Now, we take the inverse-Fourier Transform:
∫ ∞
−1 1
˜ ˜ 𝑒 +𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘
 
𝛿(𝑥) = F 𝛿(𝑘) =√ 𝛿(𝑘) (5)
2𝜋 −∞ |{z}
√
1/ 2𝜋

∫ ∞
1
⇒ 𝛿(𝑥) = 𝑒 +𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘 ; (the required expression) (6)
2𝜋 −∞

Now, let us consider the sinc-type function: sin(𝑔𝑥)/𝑥

f
sin(gx)
fmax = g
x

3π 2π π π π π 2π 3π
x
− − − −
g g g g g g
2g 2g

Figure 1: Variation of sin(𝑔𝑥)/𝑥 with 𝑥 showing the dominant centeral peak enclosed in
[−𝜋/(2𝑔), 𝜋/(2𝑔)] region which goes to zero as 𝑔 → ∞ and peak value goes to ∞.

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As seen in Fig. (1), this function has dominant central peak which starts to resemble more and
more "Dirac Delta" function as 𝑔 → ∞. Note that for 𝑔 > 0
∫ ∞ ∫ ∞
sin(𝑔𝑥) sin(𝑔𝑥)
𝑑𝑥 = 𝜋 ⇒ 𝑑𝑥 = 1 (7)
−∞ 𝑥 −∞ 𝜋𝑥
| {z }
𝛿(𝑥)

The integrand approaches 𝛿(𝑥) in the limit 𝑔 → ∞. So, let us perform the following integra-
tion:
∫ 𝑔   +𝑔
1 𝑖𝑘𝑥 1 𝑒𝑖𝑘𝑥 sin(𝑔𝑥)
𝑒 𝑑𝑘 = = (8)
2𝜋 −𝑔 2𝜋 𝑖𝑥 −𝑔 𝜋𝑥

We now take limit 𝑔 → ∞, on both sides:


∫ 𝑔   +𝑔
1 𝑖𝑘𝑥 1 𝑒𝑖𝑘𝑥 sin(𝑔𝑥)
lim 𝑒 𝑑𝑘 = = lim (9)
𝑔→∞ 2𝜋 −𝑔 2𝜋 𝑖𝑥 −𝑔 𝑔→∞ 𝜋𝑥
| {z } | {z }
1
∫∞ 𝛿(𝑥)
2𝜋 −∞
𝑒 𝑖𝑘 𝑥 𝑑𝑘

So, we have
∫ ∞
1
⇒ 𝛿(𝑥) = 𝑒 +𝑖𝑘𝑥 𝑑𝑘 ; (the required expression) (10)
2𝜋 −∞

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