Why Is the Fourier Transform's Conversion Factor Split Between Kernels?

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The Fourier transform, wrt to angular frequency, needs of a factor (1/2π) for get f(t) or F(ω), actually, this factor is broken in 2 factors (1/√2pi) and each kernel, direct and inverse, receives one factor for keep the symmetry in equation.
[tex]F(\omega)=\int_{-\infty }^{+\infty }\frac{e^{-i\omega t}}{\sqrt{2\pi}} f(t)dt[/tex]
[tex]f(t)=\int_{-\infty }^{+\infty }\frac{e^{+i\omega t}}{\sqrt{2\pi}} F(\omega)d\omega[/tex]

Why others transform, by definition, don't have its "conversion factor" "broken" in 2 and distributed in each kernel? Is wrong define the transforms in this way? Prejudice the calculus?
 
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