Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / iii / Paper 327 / 2 / ii / Solution

The distributional derivative of the Heaviside step function gives $H^{\prime }={\delta }_0$, while $((x-1)H(x-1){)}^{\prime \prime }={\delta }_1$. A particular solution is therefore $H(x)-2(x-1)H(x-1)$.

The difference from any other solution has second derivative zero. Applying a distribution with zero derivative is constant twice shows that difference is affine. ThusThe ramp function is continuous at $x=1$, and its first derivative jumps there, producing the indicated delta source in its second derivative.