that basically says that the Fourier transform of a Gaussian is a Gaussian of essentially reciprocal width.
I obtain the result w*Pi^(1/2)*exp(-k^2*w^2)*cos(2*k*x0) after simplification.
So, a little thinking may help, and there is no need at all to use symbolic algebra here.
But what about non-real w? The answer is to use analytic continuation in w here from the result that is valid for w>0 to a larger region which is such that the original integral converges. This would require that Re(1/w^2)>0.
Probably, one may regard the integral as distribution in the variable k. Then, it seems to make sense for all nonzero w.
that basically says that the Fourier transform of a Gaussian is a Gaussian of essentially reciprocal width.
I obtain the result w*Pi^(1/2)*exp(-k^2*w^2)*cos(2*k*x0) after simplification.
So, a little thinking may help, and there is no need at all to use symbolic algebra here.
But what about non-real w? The answer is to use analytic continuation in w here from the result that is valid for w>0 to a larger region which is such that the original integral converges. This would require that Re(1/w^2)>0.
Probably, one may regard the integral as distribution in the variable k. Then, it seems to make sense for all nonzero w.