 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

For a compactly supported test <function> $f$,
$$
\langle H',f\rangle=-\langle H,f'\rangle
=-\int_0^\infty f'(t)dt=f(0)
=\langle\delta,f\rangle.
$$
\b[Thus this is the <distributional derivative of the Heaviside step function>: $H'=\delta$.]

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