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diff --git a/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md b/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md index 9f5d4ec..6412914 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/heaviside-step-function/index.md @@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ $$\begin{aligned} \end{aligned}$$ The [Fourier transform](/know/concept/fourier-transform/) -of $$\Theta(t)$$ is as follows, -where $$\pv{}$$ is the Cauchy principal value, +of $$\Theta(t)$$ is as follows, where $$\mathcal{P}$$ +is the [Cauchy principal value](/know/concept/cauchy-principal-value/), $$A$$ and $$s$$ are constants from the FT's definition, and $$\mathrm{sgn}$$ is the signum function: $$\begin{aligned} \boxed{ \tilde{\Theta}(\omega) - = \frac{A}{|s|} \Big( \pi \delta(\omega) + i \: \mathrm{sgn}(s) \pv{\frac{1}{\omega}} \Big) + = \frac{A}{|s|} \Big( \pi \delta(\omega) + i \:\mathrm{sgn}(s) \:\mathcal{P} \frac{1}{\omega} \Big) } \end{aligned}$$ @@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ $$\begin{aligned} \end{aligned}$$ The first term is proportional to the Dirac delta function. -The second integral is problematic, so we take the Cauchy principal value $$\pv{}$$ -and look up the integral: +The second integral is problematic, so we take +the Cauchy principal value $$\mathcal{P}$$ and look up the integral: $$\begin{aligned} \tilde{\Theta}(\omega) - &= A \pi \delta(s \omega) + \frac{A}{2} \pv{\int_{-\infty}^\infty \mathrm{sgn}(t) \exp(i s \omega t) \dd{t}} - = \frac{A}{|s|} \pi \delta(\omega) + i \frac{A}{s} \pv{\frac{1}{\omega}} + &= A \pi \delta(s \omega) + \frac{A}{2} \:\mathcal{P}\! \int_{-\infty}^\infty \mathrm{sgn}(t) \exp(i s \omega t) \dd{t} + = \frac{A}{|s|} \pi \delta(\omega) + i \frac{A}{s} \:\mathcal{P} \frac{1}{\omega} \end{aligned}$$ {% include proof/end.html id="proof-fourier" %} -The use of $$\pv{}$$ without an integral is an abuse of notation, +The use of $$\mathcal{P}$$ without an integral is an abuse of notation, and means that this result only makes sense when wrapped in an integral. -Formally, $$\pv{\{1 / \omega\}}$$ is a [Schwartz distribution](/know/concept/schwartz-distribution/). +Formally, $$\mathcal{P}\{1 / \omega\}$$ is a [Schwartz distribution](/know/concept/schwartz-distribution/). |
