Show that operator is normal and determine its Singular Value Decomposition

Question

could anybody please help me with the following task?

Consider the operator $$ Af(x):=\int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\sin(x-y)f(y)\, dy, x\in [-\pi,\pi], f\in L_2(-\pi,\pi). $$ Show that the operator $A\in\mathcal{L}(L_2(-\pi,\pi))$ is normal. Determine the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) of A.

In order to check if A is normal, I determined the adjoint operator with the result that $$ A^* f(x)=\int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\overline{\sin(x-y)} f(y)\, dy. $$

Then I calculated $AA^*$ and $A^*A$. Here are my results: $$ AA^* f(x)=\int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\sin(x-y) \int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\overline{\sin(y-z)} f(z)\, dz\, dy $$ $$ A^*Af(x)=\int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\overline{\sin(x-y)}\int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\sin(y-z)f(z)\, dz\, dy $$ And this is identical because $\sin(x)=\overline{\sin(x)}$.

Could you please write me in a comment if it is okay until now?

Thanks a lot.

Edit:

Concerning the SVD:

Is it right, that I have to determine the eigenvalues (resp. eigenfunctions) of $AA^*$? Does one need the convolution theorem of the Fouriertransformation? Explicitly: To my opinion it is $$ AA^*f(x)=(\sin\star A^*f)(x) $$ and therefore $$ AA^* f(x)=\lambda f(x)\Leftrightarrow \mathcal{F}(\sin\star A^*f)=(2\pi)^{1/2}\mathcal{F}(\sin)\cdot\mathcal{F}(A^*f)=\lambda\mathcal{F}(f), $$ i.e. $$ (2\pi)^{1/2}\mathcal{F}(\sin)\cdot\mathcal{F}(A^*f)=\lambda\mathcal{F}(f). $$ Can one use that equation to determine now $\lambda$ resp. $f$?

Greetings

Answer 1

Note that, if $$ K \equiv \int_{a}^{b}k(x,t) dt $$ and

$$ H \equiv \int_{a}^{b}h(x,t) dt, $$ then

$$ KH \equiv \int_{a}^{b}k(x,z)h(z,t) dz.$$

Now, apply this result to your operators $A$ and $A^{*}.$