What Are the Key Properties of the Dirac Delta Function?

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Prove that.

[itex]\int_a^b f(x)g' (x)\, dx = -f(0)[/itex]


This is supposed to be a delta Dirac function property. But i can not prove it.
I thought using integration by parts.

[itex]\int_a^b f(x)g' (x)\, dx = f(x)g(x) - \int_a^b f(x)'g (x)\, dx[/itex]

But what now?


Some properties:


[itex]\delta [g(x)] = \sum \frac{1}{|g'(xi)|}[/itex]

[itex]\int_a^b f(x)\delta(x-xi)\, dx =[/itex]

[itex]f(x_{0})[/itex] if [itex]a<x_{0}<b[/itex]
0, other cases.




I just need a tip please.
 
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arierreF said:
Prove that.

[itex]\int_a^b f(x)g' (x)\, dx = -f(0)[/itex]
In general, this is wrong. Are there any additional constraints on f,g,a,b?
If that would be true, all integrals would be trivial ;).