[Math] Fourier transform of sinc function.

fourier analysis

Let us consider the sinc function:
\begin{equation}
{\rm{sinc}}(x)=
\begin{cases}
\frac{ \sin(\pi x)}{\pi x} \qquad &x \not= 0,\\
1\qquad & x=0,
\end{cases}
\end{equation}
What is the fourier transform, so-defined:
$$\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} f(x) e^{-\imath k x}dx$$
of sinc function? I can't calculate this integral:
$$\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} {\rm{sinc}}(x) e^{-\imath k x}dx$$
Any suggepstion please?

Best Answer

Let $f(x) = \text{sinc}(x)$. We can rewrite

$$ f(x) = \text{sinc}(x) = \frac{\sin(\pi x)}{\pi x} = \frac{1}{2\pi}\frac{e^{i \pi x}-e^{-i \pi x}}{i x} = \frac{1}{2 \pi}\int \limits_{- \pi}^{\pi}e^{i \omega x} \,d \omega = \mathcal{F}^{-1}(1_{[-\pi, \pi]}).$$