# show that $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{(\sin(t))^3}{t^3}dt=\frac{3\pi}{4}$

Use fourier transform and convolution to show that $$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{(\sin(t))^3}{t^3}dt=\frac{3\pi}{4}$$

convolution is defined by $$(f * g)(t) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}(f(s)*g(t-s)ds$$. Fourier transform defined by $$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(t)e^{-i\omega t}dt$$

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Come on, are you listening? Give some context, please! –  Hans Lundmark Oct 22 '10 at 12:50
The function $\sin x/x$ is basically the Fourier transform of the indicator function of unit interval centred at $0$. Hence $\sin^3 x/x^3$ is the FT of the 3-fold convolution of that indicator function.... –  Robin Chapman Oct 22 '10 at 18:13
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Let $\chi$ be the indicate function of $[-1,1]$. Then the Fourier transform of $\chi$ is $$g(\xi)=\frac{\sin(2\pi\xi)}{\pi\xi}.$$
Compute the triple convolution $h(x)$ of $\chi$ and evaluate it at 0. That will be 3. From Fourier inverse formula one gets $$h(x)=\int_{-\infty}^\infty (g(\xi))^3e^{2\pi ix\xi}d\xi.$$ Evaluating at $x=0$ yields $$3=\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{\sin^3(2\pi\xi)}{\pi^3\xi^3}d\xi,$$ from which the result follows by substitution.