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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 3 7A Solution by
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Away from , a Green function for this second-derivative operator is linear in . The left boundary condition makes it on , and the right Neumann boundary condition makes it constant on . Continuity gives . Integrating the distributional equation through the Dirac delta function gives the jump , so . ThereforeApply the Green function to the forcing:Evaluation yieldsIndeed , so , and . A difference of two solutions is linear with these homogeneous boundary conditions, hence zero; the boundary value problem has a unique solution.
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