 Fourier transform of an interval indicator (source code)

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= Fourier transform of an interval indicator

For $f=\mathbf1_{[-a,a]}$ and the convention $\widehat f(\xi)=\int f(x)e^{-ix\xi}\,dx$,
$$
\widehat f(\xi)=\frac{2\sin(a\xi)}{\xi},
$$
with its continuous value $2a$ at zero.

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