Solution

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Use complex amplitudes with time dependence , so the outgoing two-dimensional Helmholtz equation kernel has phase . Dividing the harmonic form of Lighthill acoustic analogy by and integrating the two source derivatives by parts gives an amplitude proportional to
Only the magnitude is needed here; the specified kernel omits its constant phase and normalization. In the acoustic compact-source approximation, . With , hence , the two-dimensional compact quadrupole scaling is
The half-power difference from three dimensions comes from cylindrical spreading, including its factor. As in part (i), the Mach number power is stated with the geometrical range factor separated; is still required.

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