With the stated Fourier transform convention, the inverse Fourier transform and the deterministic autocorrelation of a square-integrable function areAssume initially sufficient decay and smoothness, for example a Schwartz function, to justify interchanging integrations and Fourier inversion. With , the cross-correlation identity isEvaluating directly and by its inverse transform at zero proves the Parseval identity:Approximation extends the identity to L2 space, as the Plancherel theorem.
For the compact cosine profile, the Fourier transform of a truncated cosine follows from :At the apparent singularities are removable, with value . The direct squared norm is . Hence Parseval identity and evenness givePutting makes the left side times the requested integral. ThereforeAt the integrand's continuous extension is , so no principal-value prescription is required.