Suppose \(f\in \mathcal{S}(R^n)\). Then

\[ \mathcal{F}(\partial^{\alpha}f)=i^{\lvert \alpha\rvert}\xi^{\alpha}\mathcal{F}f. \]

In words, the Fourier transform turns a differentiation operator into multiplication one.

Indeed, this statement is true for Sobolev functions , i.e. \(f\in W^{m,2}(\mathbb{R}^n)\).

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