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Reflecting repeatedly in the two parallel planes creates an infinite method of images. For ${\mathbf{r}}^{\prime }=(x^{\prime },y^{\prime },z^{\prime })$, introduceThe Dirichlet Green function between parallel planes isEach bracket is $O(n^{-2})$, so the paired series converges absolutely away from the sources. At $x=-1$, reflection pairs the positive image indexed by $n$ with the negative image indexed by $-n$. At $x=1$ it pairs that positive image with the negative image indexed by $1-n$. The distances agree in each pairing, making both boundary values zero. This can be checked with symmetric finite partial sums first; the unmatched end terms tend to zero, so no subtraction of separately divergent series is needed. Only ${\mathbf{r}}_0^{+}={\mathbf{r}}^{\prime }$ lies within the slab, so ${\Delta }_{\mathbf{r}}{G}_{\mathrm{slab}}=\delta (\mathbf{r}-{\mathbf{r}}^{\prime })$. This is the usual Green function decaying at large transverse separation; such a condition selects the physical solution in the unbounded region.