From 16555851b6514a736c5c9d8e73de7da7fc9b6288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prefetch Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:25:31 +0200 Subject: Migrate from 'jekyll-katex' to 'kramdown-math-sskatex' --- source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/index.md | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function') diff --git a/source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/index.md b/source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/index.md index 88a08cb..518eba1 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/dirac-delta-function/index.md @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ categories: layout: "concept" --- -The **Dirac delta function** $\delta(x)$, often just the **delta function**, +The **Dirac delta function** $$\delta(x)$$, often just the **delta function**, is a function (or, more accurately, a [Schwartz distribution](/know/concept/schwartz-distribution/)) that is commonly used in physics. -It is an infinitely narrow discontinuous "spike" at $x = 0$ whose area is +It is an infinitely narrow discontinuous "spike" at $$x = 0$$ whose area is defined to be 1: $$\begin{aligned} @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned} } \end{aligned}$$ -$\delta(x)$ is thus quite an effective weapon against integrals. This may not seem very +$$\delta(x)$$ is thus quite an effective weapon against integrals. This may not seem very useful due to its "unnatural" definition, but in fact it appears as the limit of several reasonable functions: @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned} \:\:\propto\:\: \hat{\mathcal{F}}\{1\} \end{aligned}$$ -When the argument of $\delta(x)$ is scaled, the delta function is itself scaled: +When the argument of $$\delta(x)$$ is scaled, the delta function is itself scaled: $$\begin{aligned} \boxed{ @@ -70,17 +70,18 @@ $$\begin{aligned}