Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/iii/paper-61/1/c/solution

Use the negative-exponential Half-range Fourier transform
For the boundary traces , define finite-time spectral boundary transforms . Integrating the conservation law in and then time gives the global relation
The plus sign of the boundary contribution follows because the integrated flux is .
Fourier inversion consequently gives a real-line initial integral plus a boundary integral. To put the latter in the complex plane, define
Orient from the left upper infinity, through , to the right upper infinity, with on the left. Each is entire, and in the region between the real axis and this contour, . The causal factors are bounded there and decays for . The Cauchy integral theorem, with the usual large-arc limiting argument, deforms the boundary integral to give
Initial smoothness, spatial decay and corner compatibility justify inversion; if necessary the integrals are first regularized before contour deformation. The unknown Neumann-type traces will be removed by the global relation.

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