Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2007/ib/paper-1/14d/ii/solution

The interval indicator has transform
with continuous value at . By the convolution theorem, has transform . Fourier inversion therefore expresses the requested integral as
For , , so . Symmetry gives the same expression with for . For , splitting the integral at gives
Consequently the value for every real is
The two expressions agree at . This is the exponential kernel convolved with an interval indicator. The spectral integral is absolutely convergent: its apparent singularity at zero is removable, and the tail decays as .

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