Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 71 1 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Define the negative-exponential Half-range Fourier transformswhich are holomorphic for . Write and define the finite-time spectral boundary transformsIntegrate the local relation over , . The spatial boundary term at infinity vanishes by decay, and the term at is subtracted. Consequently the half-line linear dispersive Stokes global relation isFourier inversion on the real axis gives an initial-data integral plus an integral of . To put the boundary term on a complex contour, setFor , , so is the connected upper domain , . Orient with this domain on the left: from upper-left infinity down to , along the real segment to , and then to upper-right infinity.
The finite-time spectral boundary transforms are entire functions. In the upper regions outside , where , their time-integrated factors satisfy for . Together with , this permits contour deformation of the two remaining real-axis pieces to the curved boundary of . The resulting representation isThe contour orientation accounts for the plus sign in this convention. This formula still contains the two unknown derivative traces through .