 Cauchy convolution semigroup (source code)

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= Cauchy convolution semigroup
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{title2=$K_a*K_b=K_{a+b},\quad K_a(x)=a/[\pi(x^2+a^2)]$}

The normalized <Cauchy distribution> densities $K_a$, $a>0$, form a <convolution> semigroup: convolution adds their scale parameters. This follows from the <convolution theorem>, since their <Fourier transforms> are proportional to $e^{-a|k|}$. Consequently an integral equation with a Cauchy kernel can be solved by subtracting scale parameters when the resulting scale is positive.

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