Fourier transform of the hyperbolic secant
ID: fourier-transform-of-the-hyperbolic-secant
For real , integrate around a rectangle of height . Its top-edge value is times the bottom-edge value, and the only enclosed simple pole is , with residue . The vertical-edge integrals vanish as their real parts tend to positive and negative infinity. The residue theorem gives , proving the stated Fourier transform identity. This is an example of a function reproducing its shape under a Fourier transform, up to rescaling.
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