Solution

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For a test function , define the proposed integral by reversing the order of integration:
The Fourier transform of a test function is a Schwartz function, while . The final integral is consequently absolutely convergent. Repeated integration by parts in bounds it by finitely many seminorms of the test function, so it defines a continuous linear functional on .
Equivalently, put on the two half-lines. Then
The density has only an integrable inverse-square-root singularity at one and is bounded at infinity, so it is a regular tempered distribution. Its inverse Fourier transform is exactly the proposed oscillatory integral. Thus

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