Mathematicians refer to the same concept as a distribution rather than a function. Joseph Fourier presented what is now called the Fourier integral theorem in his treatise Théorie analytique de la chaleur in the form:, cf. and pp. 546–551. [ Original French text].
Mathematicians refer to the same concept as a distribution rather than a function Joseph Fourier presented what is now called the Fourier integral theorem in his treatise Théorie analytique de la chaleur in the form cf and pp 546–551 [ Original French text]