What assumptions must be made about f for this limit and integral to be correct?

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What do we have to assume of the function f so that following limit is correct,

[tex] \lim_{L\to\infty} \int\limits_{-L}^L f(\frac{x}{L}) \frac{\sin(x)}{x} dx = f(0)\int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\sin(x)}{x} dx = \pi f(0)[/tex]

If we first fix the integration domain like this

[tex] \lim_{L\to\infty} \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(\frac{x}{L})\frac{\sin(x)}{x} \chi_{[-L,L]}(x)dx[/tex]

the problem is that the limit of the integrand is not Lebesgue integrable over [itex]\mathbb{R}[/itex], so the standard convergence results do not settle this immediately.
 
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I figured out one way to do this, but I had to use one inequality that's correctness is not clear to me. The triangle inequality

[tex] |\int dx\; g(x)| \leq \int dx\;|g(x)|[/tex]

is not suitable here. This instead,

[tex] |\int dx\; f(x)g(x)| \leq \|f\|_{\textrm{sup}} |\int dx\; g(x)|[/tex]

becomes useful. But is this correct? I don't know how to prove this. I wouldn't want to do much assumptions about g, but f can be assumed to be as nice as necessary.
 
jostpuur said:
[tex] |\int dx\; f(x)g(x)| \leq \|f\|_{\textrm{sup}} |\int dx\; g(x)|[/tex]

Argh! Not even correct!

[tex] g(x) = \cos(x^2)[/tex]

[tex] \int\limits_0^{\infty} \cos(x^2)dx = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}[/tex]

[tex] f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}<br /> 1, \quad & \cos(x^2)\geq 0\\<br /> 0,\quad &\cos(x^2) < 0 \\<br /> \end{array}\right.[/tex]

[tex] |\int dx\; f(x)g(x)| = \infty > \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}} = \|f\|_{\textrm{sup}} |\int dx\; g(x)|[/tex]

hmhmh... but here f is not integrable itself. It could be that the inequality is true if f's integral exists...
 
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jostpuur said:
hmhmh... but here f is not integrable itself. It could be that the inequality is true if f's integral exists...

Even this is not true. By fixing sufficiently large M, we obtain an integrable [itex]f\chi_{[0,M]}[/itex] such that

[tex] |\int dx\; (f\chi_{[0,M]})(x) g(x)| > \|f\chi_{[0,M]}\|_{\textrm{sup}} |\int dx\; g(x)|[/tex]

I'm back in the starting point :frown: