# Nonconvergent convolution integral

I have a convolution integral where $F(\tau) = F_0$ and $g(t - \tau) = \sin(\omega_n(t-\tau))$ so $$F_0\int_{t_0}^{\infty}\sin(\omega_n(t-\tau))d\tau$$ which doesn't converge. Can I do the following: $$Im\Bigg\{F_0\int_{t_0}^{\infty}e^{i\omega_n(t - \tau)}d\tau\Bigg\} = Im\bigg\{\frac{e^{i\omega_n(t-\tau)}}{-i\omega_n}\bigg|_{t_0}^{\infty}\bigg\} = \frac{-\cos(\omega_n(t-t_0))}{\omega_n}$$

• What is $\omega_n$? Whatever issue you had to start with is still there in the second line.. – mathematician Oct 30 '14 at 17:57
• @mathematician $\omega_n$ is a constant. – dustin Oct 30 '14 at 17:59
• whats $e^{i \infty}$ ? :) – tired Oct 30 '14 at 19:17

i would suggest to add a small imaginary part like $e^{i((\omega_n +i \delta)(t-\tau))}$ and take the limit of the $\delta->0$ in the end. This has the advantage that your integral converges for every finite delta and you don't have to deal with expressions like $e^{i\infty}$ which are not well defined. The price you pay is that your integral is still divergent in the above limit and has to be interpreted in the sense of distributions.
using Euler's identity and $\lim_{\delta \rightarrow0}\frac{1}{\omega_n+i\delta}=-i\pi \delta(\omega_n)+P\frac{1}{\omega_n}$. See here.
you should arrive at a result. Please note that $P$ denotes the Cauchy principal value and $\delta(x)$ is Dirac's Delta function.
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