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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 70 3 a Solution by
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Take time dependence and measure angles from the upward normal. Write , and choose incident amplitude . Separate the flat Dirichlet reflection from the rough correction:Taylor expansion of the boundary condition about givesSince , the induced trace isUse and with the outgoing branch: for and outside. The outgoing angular spectrum solves the Helmholtz equation with that trace, giving the first-order rough-surface scattered fieldIf “scattered field” includes the specular reflection, add to this rough correction. Fourier transforms of an infinite random surface are generalized objects; finite-window transforms give an ordinary integral and are also needed for its far-field intensity. The expansion assumes a fixed regular surface shape scaled to small height. Highly oscillatory profiles can require additional control of slopes and spectral moments; small height alone is not a uniform error estimate for every profile.
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