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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 327 2 ii Solution by
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The distributional derivative of the Heaviside step function gives , while . A particular solution is therefore .
The difference from any other solution has second derivative zero. Applying a distribution with zero derivative is constant twice shows that difference is affine. ThusThe ramp function is continuous at , and its first derivative jumps there, producing the indicated delta source in its second derivative.
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