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Choose $$f(x)= \begin{cases} \dfrac{\frac12 -x}{\log(x)},&0<x\leq1/2\\ 0,&\text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$

Then $$\operatorname*{Im} \int_{0}^{\infty} dk \ e^{-\varepsilon k} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dx \ f(x) e^{-ikx} = \int_{0}^{\frac12} dx \ \frac{\frac12 -x}{\log(x)} \cdot \frac{-x}{\varepsilon^{2}+x^{2}} \to \infty\text{ for } \varepsilon \downarrow 0.$$

Therefore the Fourier transform of $f$ is not in $L^{1}$ .

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