Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-analysis-and-differential-equations-2-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2005/differential-equations/8/solution

Put
Leibniz differentiation gives and . Thus satisfies both zero initial conditions and the inhomogeneous equation. Every solution with is .
On , the second endpoint determines uniquely, since . Collecting the integrals, and using the sine addition formula for , gives
This continuous kernel vanishes at the endpoints, satisfies off , and has derivative jump , as required for . The preceding construction proves existence, and a homogeneous solution with both endpoints zero must vanish, proving uniqueness.
On , instead, the second boundary value becomes
Thus solvability is equivalent to . When it holds, all solutions are
There is one free homogeneous mode because the endpoint length is resonant.

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