Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 8 2 ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Use the formal pseudodifferential composition rule on each coefficient and then the exponential eigenfunction convention. For every integer ,ConsequentlyCollecting all terms of a fixed power of the spectral parameter gives the useful answerThe sum defining each is finite. For example,andThis is the action on a formal pseudodifferential wave function. It is a formal expansion near , with carried as a formal prefactor. It does not assert convergence for finite , and negative powers are not evaluated at .