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Carlo Beenakker
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in terms of the differential operator $\partial_x\equiv d/dx$ one has $f(x+h)=e^{h\partial_x}f(x)$, hence $$\Delta_h=e^{h\partial_x}-1.$$ Upon Fourier transformation, $\hat{f}(k)=\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{ikx}f(x)\,dx$, one has $\partial_x\mapsto -ik$, hence $$\hat{\Delta}_h=e^{-ihk}-1\Leftrightarrow \hat{\Delta}_h^{-1}=\frac{e^{ihk}}{1-e^{ihk}}.$$

In this way you can calculate, for any function $f(x)$ with Fourier transform $\hat{f}(k)$: $$\Delta_h^{-1}f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{e^{i(h-x)k}}{1-e^{ihk}}\hat{f}(k)\,\frac{dk}{2\pi}=\int_{-\infty}^\infty F_h(x'-x)f(x')\,dx'$$ with kernel $$F_h(x)=\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{e^{i(h+x)k}}{1-e^{ihk}}\,\frac{dk}{2\pi}.$$ The relation $F_h(x)=(1/h)F_1(x/h)$ gives the scaling with $h$ requested by the OP.

Carlo Beenakker
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