Solution

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Use the Fourier transform convention , with inverse factor . For functions in L1 space, their convolution is . Fubini's theorem applies because the absolute double integral is . Substituting therefore proves the convolution theorem:
For the specified rectangular pulse, the support condition is . Its Fourier transform is
The convolution is the length of the overlap of and . Thus it is the triangular pulse
The transform's value at zero is four, given by its continuous extension. In this convention, the Parseval identity for square-integrable functions is
For the rectangular pulse the left side is two, giving the sinc-squared integral
For the triangular pulse, . Apply the same Parseval identity with transform to obtain the sinc fourth-power integral
Both integrands have removable singularities at zero and integrable tails.

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