Engineering Fourier transform of a shifted sine wave

[durandal]

Homework Statement

Find the Fourier transform of sin(4t-4)

Relevant Equations

Regular Fourier transforms

This is my attempt at a solution. I have used Eulers formula to rewrite the sine function and then used the Fourier transform of complex exponentials. My solution is not correct and I don't understand if I have approached this problem correctly. Please help.

$$ \mathcal{F}\{\sin (4t-4) \} = \frac{1}{2j} \mathcal{F} \{ e^{j(4t-4)} - e^{-j(4t-4)} \} $$
$$ \frac{1}{2j}(e^{-4j} \mathcal{F}\{ e^{4jt}\} - e^{4j} \mathcal{F}\{ e^{-4jt} \}) = \frac{1}{2j}(e^{-4j} 2 \pi \delta(\omega - 4)-e^{4j} 2 \pi \delta(\omega + 4))$$
$$ \mathcal{F(\omega)} = \frac{\pi}{j}(e^{-4j} \delta(\omega - 4) - e^{4j}\delta(\omega + 4)) $$

 

[BvU]

Hi,

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Well, you are not very far off when compared to this one
Perhaps a factor $\sqrt{2\pi}$ can be found somewhere ?

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[durandal]

Hi,

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Well, you are not very far off when compared to this one
Perhaps a factor $\sqrt{2\pi}$ can be found somewhere ?

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I tried inputting this solution but it was incorrect. I can't see where a factor of $\sqrt{2\pi}$ would come from?

 

[durandal]

I figured it out, I made a mistake when I assumed that the time shift was $(t-4)$, but the function can be rewritten as $\sin(4t-4) = \sin(4(t-1))$, with time shift $(t-1)$. The transform then becomes $\frac{\pi}{j}e^{-j \omega}(\delta(\omega -4) - \delta(\omega + 4))$, which is correct.