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Proving that the Continuous-Time Fourier Transform demonstrates linearity

Property:

F(a x(t) + b y(t)) = a X(jw) + b Y(jw)


Derivation:

F(a x(t) + b y(t)) = $ \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}[a x(t)+b y(t)] e^{(-jwt)}dt $

F(a x(t) + b y(t)) = $ \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}a x(t) e^{(jwt)}dt + \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}b y(t) e^{(-jwt)}dt $

F(a x(t) + b y(t)) = $ a \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}x(t) e^{(jwt)}dt + b \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}y(t) e^{(-jwt)}dt $

F(a x(t) + b y(t)) = a X(jw) + b Y(jw) (definition of linearity)

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