Calculate the following improper integral.

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The exercise asks to study the convergence of integral $ \int_{\mathbb{R}^{2}} \sin(x-y)e^{-x^2 - y^2} $.

It's easy to see, as a function $f: A \subset \mathbb{R}^{2} \to \mathbb{R}$ is integrable, if and only if, the set of discontinuity points of $f$ has zero measure and the funcion $\vert f \vert $ is integrable in $A$, that $f(x, y):= \sin(x-y)e^{-x^2 - y^2} $ is integrable in $\mathbb{R}^2$ because $\vert f \vert \leq e^{-x^2 - y^2}$ and $e^{- x^2 - y^2}$ is integrable in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$.

Now, how to compute the integral $ \int_{\mathbb{R}^{2}} \sin(x-y)e^{-x^2 - y^2} $ ?

I've tried to use common changes of variables as polar coordinates or other linear ones, but it doesn't make things easier...

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If you want to compute the antiderivative, it is not "too difficult" if you consider that $$\int\sin(x-y)\,e^{-(x^2+ y^2)}\,dx\, dy=\Im\left(\int e^{i(x-y)}\,e^{-(x^2+ y^2)}\,dx\, dy \right)$$

Now, the exponent is $$-(x^2-ix)-(y^2+iy)=-\left(x-\frac{i}{2}\right)^2-\left(y+\frac{i}{2}\right)^2-\frac{1}{2}$$ and you face gaussian integrals. So $$\int e^{i(x-y)}\,e^{-(x^2+ y^2)}\,dx\, dy =\frac{\pi }{4 \sqrt{e}}\, \text{erf}\left(x-\frac{i}{2} \right)\, \text{erf}\left(y+\frac{i}{2} \right)$$ Now, what is really unpleasant is to take the imaginary part of it.

It is doable, using for sure the $\text{erfi}(.)$ function