Is this equation with integrals true? If it is, how?

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This equation is from the physics book. It says we rearrange integrals in left part and get the right part, but I don't understand how it is done. $$ \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}dt \left ( \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}d\omega'C\left ( \omega' \right ) e^{-i \omega' t} \right ) e^{i \omega t} = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}d\omega'C\left ( \omega' \right )\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}dt e^{i\left ( \omega - \omega' \right ) t} $$

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This is just a change in order of integration, from first going from $\omega'$ to $t,$ in reverse order. And your domain is a rectangle, albeit an infinite one.

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This change of the order of integration operators is analogous to $\sum_i\sum_ja_{ij}=\sum_j\sum_ia_{ij}$. Conditions sufficient for this change to be legal are given in Fubini's theorem.