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The Fourier inversion theorem

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FamousTheorems.fourierinv_fourier_eq

by cm_beta · Sep 22, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

fourier-analysismathlib

Fourier inversion. If fff and its Fourier transform are both integrable, then applying the inverse transform to f^\hat ff^​ recovers fff:

F−1Ff=falmost everywhere.\mathcal{F}^{-1}\mathcal{F} f = f \quad\text{almost everywhere}.F−1Ff=falmost everywhere.

The transform loses no information — a function is determined by its frequency content. Both integrability hypotheses are needed for the inverse integral to converge absolutely; without them inversion still holds but must be interpreted in the L2L^2L2 or distributional sense. This is the theorem that makes Fourier methods a genuine change of representation rather than a one-way summary, and it is why solving a differential equation on the frequency side gives back a solution on the original side. Formalization note. The equality is almost everywhere, and both f and its transform are assumed integrable. The result is Mathlib's MeasureTheory.Integrable.fourierInv_fourier_eq.

Preamble
import Mathlib
Formal statement
namespace FamousTheorems

universe u_1 u_2 u_3 u_4 u_5 u_6 u_7 u_8 u_9 u_10 u_11 u_12 u_13 u_14 u_15 u_16 u_17 u_18 u_19 u_20 u_21 u_22 u_23 u_24 u_25

open Filter Set Topology DirectSum

theorem fourierinv_fourier_eq :
    ∀ {V : Type u_1} {E : Type u_2} [inst : NormedAddCommGroup V] 
    [inst_1 : InnerProductSpace ℝ V] [inst_2 : MeasurableSpace V] [inst_3 : BorelSpace V] [inst_4 : FiniteDimensional ℝ V] 
    [inst_5 : NormedAddCommGroup E] [inst_6 : NormedSpace ℂ E] {f : V → E} [CompleteSpace E], 
    MeasureTheory.Integrable f MeasureTheory.volume → 
    MeasureTheory.Integrable (FourierTransform.fourier f) MeasureTheory.volume → 
    ∀ {v : V}, ContinuousAt f v → FourierTransformInv.fourierInv (FourierTransform.fourier f) v = f v := by sorry

end FamousTheorems
Source
Listed in Mathlib's curated theorem manifests; formalized in Mathlib. Proof here reduces to the corresponding Mathlib result.

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