Dirac delta distribution

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The Dirac delta distribution (or generalized function) is written as δ(x). It is the derivative of the Heaviside step distribution,

ddx[H(x)]=δ(x)

It has the property

∫−∞∞f(x)δ(x−a)dx=f(a)