 Schrodinger factorization of the elastic beam equation

Writing $q=u+iv$ in the free Schrodinger equation gives $u_t=-v_{xx}$ and $v_t=u_{xx}$, hence $u_{tt}+u_{xxxx}=0$. To encode initial velocity $u_1$, choose the decaying primitive $v_0(x)=-{\int }_x^{\infty }(s-x)u_1(s)ds$. A prescribed endpoint curvature becomes the time derivative of the imaginary boundary trace. This turns the normalized Euler-Bernoulli beam equation into a complex second-order boundary problem.