Paper 3, Section I, D

Methods | Part IB, 2012

For the step-function

F(x)={1,∣x∣⩽1/20, otherwise F(x)= \begin{cases}1, & |x| \leqslant 1 / 2 \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{cases}

its convolution with itself is the hat-function

G(x)=[F∗F](x)={1−∣x∣,∣x∣⩽10, otherwise G(x)=[F * F](x)= \begin{cases}1-|x|, & |x| \leqslant 1 \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{cases}

Find the Fourier transforms of FF and GG, and hence find the values of the integrals

I1=∫−∞∞sin⁡2yy2dy,I2=∫−∞∞sin⁡4yy4dyI_{1}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\sin ^{2} y}{y^{2}} d y, \quad I_{2}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\sin ^{4} y}{y^{4}} d y

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