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Exponential initial-velocity tail for the Klein-Gordon equation (u(x,t)=te−∣x∣(∣x∣>t))

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For utt​=uxx​−u with u(x,0)=0 and ut​(x,0)=e−∣x∣, the solution outside ∣x∣≤t is exactly te−∣x∣. On the positive half-line, te−x satisfies both the equation and initial data; the finite propagation speed limits dependence at x>t to positive initial points. Uniqueness on this domain of dependence proves the formula there, and reflection gives the negative half-line. The exterior tail is nonzero because the initial velocity is not compactly supported.

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