Is exponential even?

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My book presents the following simplification: $$A(w) = \frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-kx}cos(wx)dx = \frac{2}{\pi}\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-kx}cos(wx)dx$$ But I can't understand why, since exponentials are neither odd nor even functions. There's something I'm missing ?

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I doubt this is true. I don't think the first integral converges.