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@@ -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/).