How to perform this integration?

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The integration:
 

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I re-upload the pic. The integration is that ∫cos(kx)exp[(-αt)K^2] dkfrom zero to infinity
 

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Convert cos(kx) to (exp(ikx)+exp(-ikx))/2. Combine the exponentials and complete the squares in the exponents. Now do a change of variable and use the known result for exp(-Cx^2).