# Fourier transform of the electrical conductivity function

In this pdf https://studylib.net/doc/18704299/chapter-1 the author writes that the Fourier transform of the current density is: $$\Delta j_{i}(\mathbf{k}, \omega) \equiv \frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{2}} \iiiint e^{-i(\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{r}-\omega t)} \Delta j_{i}(\mathbf{r}, t) d^{3} r d t$$ which looks like an ordinary Fourier transform. However, in the same calculations, they write that the Fourier transform of the electrical conductivity function is: $$\widetilde{\sigma_{i j}}(\mathbf{k}, \omega) \equiv \iiiint \sigma_{i j}\left(\mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}, t^{\prime \prime}\right) e^{-i\left(\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}-\omega t^{\prime \prime}\right)}(-1)^{4} d^{3} r^{\prime \prime} d t^{\prime \prime}$$ It thus seems that the Fourier transform constant is here $$\(-1)\$$ rather than $$\\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\$$, which doesn't seem to make sense since both Fourier transforms are used in the same derivation. The end result is correct, but I don't understand how different conventions of the Fourier transform can be mixed in the same calculations?

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