Deriving the Fourier Transform

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could explain to me step-by-step, the derivation of the fourier transform. After searching online for the past few days, I couldn't find anything that was clear enough so I came here for some help!

Here is the original fourier series

\(\displaystyle f(x)\, =\, a_0\, +\, \displaystyle{\sum_{n\,=\,1}^{\infty}}\, \left(a_n\, \cos(\omega nx)\, +\, b_n\, \sin(\omega nx)\right)\)

or, expressed in a complex exponential form

\(\displaystyle =\, \displaystyle{\sum_{n\,=\,-\infty}^{\infty}}\, c_n\, e^{i \omega nx}\)

And here's the fourier transform and inverse fourier transform respectively,

\(\displaystyle F\left(\xi\right)\, =\, \displaystyle{\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}}\, f(x)\, e^{-i \omega x}\, dx\)

\(\displaystyle f(x)\, =\, \displaystyle{\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}}\, F\left(\xi\right)\, e^{i \omega x}\, d\xi\)

thanks in advance!
 
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could explain to me step-by-step, the derivation of the fourier transform. After searching online for the past few days, I couldn't find anything that was clear enough so I came here for some help!

Here is the original fourier series
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or, expressed in a complex exponential form
View attachment 4292

And here's the fourier transform and inverse fourier transform respectively,
View attachment 4293
thanks in advance!

This is not a topic that can be handled through e-mails.

Read:

Advanced Calculus by Wifred Kaplan chapter 7

The whole chapter is devoted to derivation of Fourier series and integrals.
 
One way to do it is to take the Fourier series for \(\displaystyle x= -a\) to \(\displaystyle x= a\) (a> 0) and then take the limit as a goes to infinity.
 
This is not a topic that can be handled through e-mails.

Read:

Advanced Calculus by Wifred Kaplan chapter 7

The whole chapter is devoted to derivation of Fourier series and integrals.
ah I understand. Thank you for the source to look!
 
One way to do it is to take the Fourier series for \(\displaystyle x= -a\) to \(\displaystyle x= a\) (a> 0) and then take the limit as a goes to infinity.
I''ve found something like this here
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But I am still confused to as what the delta(w) is.
 
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