Solution

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In the distribution definition, the Green's function is characterized, for fixed , by
In the classical definition, solve separately for and , with those endpoint conditions, and impose
A jump in would introduce a distributional derivative of the Dirac delta, absent from the right side. Continuity eliminates it; integrating the equation across leaves one quarter of the derivative jump equal to one. These Green function jump conditions make the definitions equivalent. The forced solution is .

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