It's been a while since I did any of this. I have the following product: $\exp(-j2 \pi u|k|x) \cdot \exp(-j2 \pi v |k|x)$. This seems like it is something that can be simplified, but how? Note, that is not convolution, it is simple multiplication. Thanks!
How to simplify the product of two $\exp$ functions
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0Please: To use an asterisk for ordinary multiplication within $\TeX$ is uncouth and vulgar. It amounts to eating mashed potatoes with your fingers when silverware is available. Or to putting your face into the plate and eating like a horse from a a trough. The asterisk is a workaround for occasions when you're restricted to the symbols on the keyboard and can't use a lower-case "x" because that's being otherwise used. In $\TeX$ you can write $a\cdot b$ or $a\times b$ or $a\otimes b$, etc. etc. – 2012-03-27
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Since $e^x\cdot e^y=e^{x+y}$, we get $ \exp(-j2 \pi u|k|x) \cdot \exp(-j2 \pi v |k|x)=\exp(-j2 \pi (u+v)|k|x) $
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$\exp(-j2 \pi u|k|x) \cdot \exp(-j2 \pi v |k|x)=\exp\big(-j2\pi u|k|x-j2\pi v|k|x\big) $
$=\exp(-j2\pi (u+v)|k|x).$
Exponentials obey $a^ba^c=a^{b+c}$ (though there can be branching issues for complex $a$).