Solution

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Let be the reflection of the source across the plane. The method of images gives the Dirichlet Green function
The two source distances agree on , so the boundary value vanishes. The reflected source lies outside the upper half-space, leaving only the required Dirac delta distribution inside. Both terms vanish at infinity.

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