Distributional jump formula for a Heaviside product

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For a smooth function , the distributional derivative of the product of with the Heaviside function is . Induction gives the displayed formula. It records all boundary sources, including derivatives of the Dirac delta distribution, and determines which initial derivatives must vanish in a retarded fundamental solution.

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