$f_n(t)=\int_{-n}^{n} \frac{\sin x}{x}\cdot e^{-itx}\ dx$ converges uniformly near $t=0$.

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Fourier transform suggests that the limit function of $f_n(t)$ is constant $\pi$ (near $t=0$). But we cannot use the inversion theorem because $\sin(x)/x$ is not an $L^1$-function.

But it seems very plausible that $f_n(t)$ converges uniformly near $t=0$.To see this, draw some graphs of several $f_n$'s. But I don't know how to prove the uniform convergence. Any help?

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First, exploiting the odd symmetry of $\frac{\cos((t-1)x)-\cos((t+1)x)}{x}$, we can write

$$\begin{align} \int_{-n}^n \frac{\sin(x)}{x}e^{-itx}\,dx&=\frac1{2}\int_{-n}^n \frac{\sin((t+1)x)-\sin((t-1)x)}{x}\,dx\\\\ &=\int_{0}^{n(t+1)}\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt-\int_{0}^{n(t-1)}\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt\tag1 \end{align}$$

Let $\delta>0$ and restrict $t$ such that $-1+\delta<t<1-\delta$. Then, we rewrite $(1)$ as

$$\begin{align} \int_{-n}^n \frac{\sin(x)}{x}e^{-itx}\,dx&=\int_{0}^{n(t+1)}\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt+\int_{0}^{n(1-t)}\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt\\\\ &=\pi-\int_{n(t+1)}^\infty\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt-\int_{n(1-t)}^\infty\frac{\sin(t)}{t}\,dt \end{align}$$

Since the integral $\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx$ converges, then for any $\varepsilon>0$ there exists a number $L>0$ such that $\ell>L$ implies

$$\left|\int_\ell^\infty \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\,dx\right|<\varepsilon/2$$

Therefore, whenever $n>L/\delta$ we have

$$\left|\int_{-n}^n \frac{\sin(x)}{x}e^{-itx}\,dx-\pi\right|<\varepsilon$$

which establishes the uniform convergence for $-1+\delta<t<1-\delta$ as was to be shown!