Convolution

[parton]

I have a problem understanding the following:

I should calculate the Fourier transform of a product of three functions:

\mathcal{F} \left[ f(x_{1}) g(x_{2}) h(x_{1} + x_{2}) \right] = \int dx_{1} dx_{2} f(x_{1}) g(x_{2}) h(x_{1} + x_{2}) e^{i p x_{1} + i q x_{2}}

okay, and this goes over into a convolution:

= \dfrac{1}{2 \pi} \hat{f}(p) \ast \hat{g}(q) \ast \hat{h}(p+q) = \dfrac{1}{2 \pi} \int dk \hat{f}(p-k) \hat{g}(q-k) \hat{h}(k) .

I know how to calculate the convolution between two functions, but here we have three and I don't undestand how to get to the last line here. Could somebody explain that to me, please?

[HallsofIvy]

Pretty much the same way you extend the product of two numbers to three or the sum of two numbers to three. Writing f #g for the convolution of two functions, the convolution of three can be written (f#g)#h= f#(g#h).

[parton]

ok, I start with:

\hat{g}(q) \ast \hat{h}(p+q) = \int dk ~ \hat{g}(p+q-k) \hat{h}(k)

But if I go further and calculate the second convolution, i.e. \hat{f}(p) \ast \hat{g}(q) \ast \hat{h}(p+q) , I would get a second integral. But in the equation above there is just one. I don't understand that. Maybe it is trivial, but I just don't see what I have to do?