InverseFourierTransform strange behaviour
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- Subject: [mg82137] InverseFourierTransform strange behaviour
- From: roby.nowak at gmail.com
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:47:47 -0400 (EDT)
Hi all, I am trying to do the InverseFourierTransform on an even and real valued function. because of the real an even properties of the function the IFT should produce a real and even result. but Mathematica 6.0.1.0 gives a even and pure imaginary (erroneous) result: In[1]:= 2 Sqrt[2/Pi] Exp[(w/2)^2] Sin[w]/w; InverseFourierTransform[%, w, x] Out[2]= -I (Erfi[1 - x] + Erfi[1 + x]) trying to FT the (erroneous) result lets Mathematica hang endless in the calculation (until aborted). In[3]:= FourierTransform[%, x, w] Any hints, is this a bug, am I missing something ? thx robert