Apply the time Laplace transform to the Airy equation. Extend past in any suitable way and write
For example, setting after makes ; the final solution for is independent of this extension. The Laplace transform of a derivative gives
Take the principal cube root for . The three characteristic roots of the spatial ordinary differential equation are
Since , only has negative real part. Thus spatial decay leaves just one homogeneous exponential, which the single prescribed Neumann boundary condition determines.
The Airy resolvent kernel on the whole real line is
It decays at both ends, is continuous together with its first derivative, and satisfies . Consequently as a distribution. A particular solution is the Green-function representation
Adding the decaying homogeneous mode to impose the boundary derivative gives
Every term is known. If denotes the spatial Laplace transform, then
The Bromwich inversion formula now gives the required integral representation:
Here is to the right of any singularities required by the growth of the data. The usual decay or growth hypotheses are understood for this Laplace transform construction; when absolute inversion is unavailable, the vertical integral is interpreted as the limit of truncated Bromwich contours. The transformed ordinary differential equation verifies the partial differential equation and initial condition, while differentiating at gives exactly and hence . The derivative compatibility makes the two data agree at the corner.