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Away from , the free equation is . The outgoing boundary condition selects , continuous at its source. Integrating the differential equation across the source gives the derivative jump
The jump for the proposed form is , so . Thus
For far to either side, the -dependent phase is absorbed into the outgoing amplitude. The outgoing prescription is equivalently the boundary value of the resolvent with ; changing that prescription would give a different Green function.

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