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For real $\beta$, the displayed boundary value problem with $v(\xi )\to 0$ as $\xi \to \infty$ has a solution exactly when $\beta >0$. Put $a={\beta }^{1/3}>0$. Its unique real solution isIndeed the Euler differential operator has characteristic roots $0,a,-a/2\pm i\sqrt{3}a/2$. Decay retains only the conjugate pair, and the two endpoint conditions determine their sine combination. For negative $\beta$ only one root has negative real part, so the two boundary conditions are incompatible. At zero every solution is a cubic polynomial in $\log \xi$, excluding nonzero decaying solutions. Complex exponents thus produce an oscillatory but decaying power-law envelope.

The Euler differential operator differentiates in logarithmic position: if $r=\log x$ and $V(r)=v(e^r)$, then $Dv=V^{\prime }$. In particular $D(x^n)=n{x}^n$, so a polynomial $p(D)$ acts on the power law $x^n$ by multiplication by $p(n)$. This converts a Cauchy-Euler equation into a constant-coefficient linear differential equation. Repeated roots give additional logarithmic factors, as ordinary constant-coefficient equations give polynomial factors multiplying exponentials.

Introduce the Euler differential operator $D=x{\partial }_x$. The fourth-order spatial expression is $D^{4}u$. The moving boundary has similarity coordinate $\xi =1$, so its two conditions giveHence $\alpha =0$ and $v^{\prime }(1)=1$. With $D_{\xi }=\xi {\partial }_{\xi }$, substitution in the equation yieldsThis is a Cauchy-Euler equation; putting $r=\log \xi$ turns it into the constant-coefficient equation $V^{(4)}-\beta V^{\prime }=0$. Its characteristic polynomial is $n(n^3-\beta )$.

If $\beta >0$, write $a={\beta }^{1/3}$. The roots are $0,a,-a/2\pm i\sqrt{3}a/2$. Decay excludes the constant and growing modes, leavingThe boundary conditions force $A=0$ and $B=2/(\sqrt{3}a)$. If $\beta <0$, writing $\beta =-a^3$ leaves only one decaying mode, $C{\xi }^{-a}$; $v(1)=0$ then forces the zero function, which fails the derivative condition. If $\beta =0$, the solutions are polynomials of degree at most three in $\log \xi$, and none can both decay and satisfy $v^{\prime }(1)=1$.

Consequently all real self-similar solutions are the one-parameter familyThe decaying profile for a fourth-order dilation equation oscillates in logarithmic distance. No positivity condition on $u$ was imposed, so these sign changes are permitted.