Fourier transform of a derivative ($\widehat{f^{\prime }}(\omega )=i\omega \hat{f}(\omega )$)

For a Schwartz function, with the angular-frequency convention,More generally, the identity holds when integration by parts is justified and the boundary term vanishes. Repeated differentiation gives $\widehat{f^{(m)}}(k)=(ik{)}^m\hat{f}(k)$. The short proof transfers the derivative from $f$ to $e^{-ikx}$ by integration by parts. High frequencies receive larger multipliers, so rapid ripples contribute more strongly to a derivative. For the heat equation, the second derivative becomes multiplication by $-k^2$, directly explaining the faster decay of fine spatial structure.