Solution

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At fixed frequency, the transformed equation has characteristic roots , where
For a consistent explicit branch choose
This branch is even in . Away from the two thresholds, the spatial solution is , so Fourier inversion gives
At , the spatial equation has a double zero characteristic root and its full solution is . The two exponentials at represent only its constant part. This isolated-frequency issue does not change an integral with ordinary integrable amplitudes; threshold-supported distributional modes require separate treatment.

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