# How to substitute integral operators into polynomials?

Suppose I have a polynomial

$$a_0+a_1 f(x,t) + a_2 f(x,t)^2 + ....$$.

In code,

a0 + a1 y + a2 y^2 + a3 y^3 /. y :> Integrate[Subscript[y, k] E^(I k y), k]

a0 +
a1 Integrate[E^(I k y) Subscript[y, k], k] +
a2 Integrate[E^(I k y) Subscript[y, k], k]^2 +
a3 Integrate[E^(I k y) Subscript[y, k], k]^3


I want to replace $$f$$ with $$\int f_k(t) e^{ik x}dk$$. The problem that I am facing is that when I use the replace rule, I get

$$\qquad a_0+a_1 \int f_k(t) e^{ikx}dk + a_2 (\int f_k(t) e^{ikx}dk)^2 + ....$$

on and on. Is there a way to sort integration variable such that I get

$$\qquad a_0+a_1 \int f_{k_1}(t) e^{ik_1x}dk_1 + a_2 (\int f_{k_1}(t) e^{i{k_1}x}dk_1)(\int f_{k_2}(t) e^{i{k_2}x}dk_2) + ...$$

automatically? Assume I can't fiddle with the code to generate these polynomials. Similarly let's say I have collected 3rd order terms which would look like

$$\qquad \sum_i\hat L_i[f(x,t)]\hat K_i[f(x,t)]\hat T_i[f(x,t)],$$

where $$\hat L, \hat K , \hat T$$ are some operators. Is there also ways to plug in the Fourier transformation of f so that the integration variables are automatically sorted?

• Posts without proper example code (that is copypastable) tend to be frowned upon. Please edit your question and add appropriate code examples. – ciao May 9 at 22:50
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• You should avoid using Subscript while defining symbols (variables). Subscript[x, 1] is not a symbol, but a composite expression where Subscript is an operator without built-in meaning. You expect to do $x_1=2$ but you are actually doing Set[Subscript[x, 1], 2] which is to assign a DownValues to the operator Subscript and not an OwnValues to an indexed x as you may intend. Read how to properly define indexed variables here – rhermans May 10 at 15:39
• @rhermans Not to mention it makes the code very hard to read. – MelaGo May 10 at 18:52

a0 + a1 y + a2 y^2 + a3 y^3 /.

$$\text{a0}+\text{a1} \int e^{i k_1 y} y_{k_1} \, dk_1+\text{a2} \left(\int e^{i k_1 y} y_{k_1} \, dk_1\right) \int e^{i k_2 y} y_{k_2} \, dk_2+\text{a3} \left(\int e^{i k_1 y} y_{k_1} \, dk_1\right) \left(\int e^{i k_2 y} y_{k_2} \, dk_2\right) \int e^{i k_3 y} y_{k_3} \, dk_3$$