Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 337 / 1 / i / Solution

The defining integral for the retarded Green function has support only at $t\ge 0$. If $\omega ={\omega }_R+i{\omega }_I$ with ${\omega }_I>0$, then $e^{i\omega t}=e^{i{\omega }_{R}t}{e}^{-{\omega }_{I}t}$ supplies exponential damping. Under the usual tempered-growth condition on the thermal commutator, the integral and all its $\omega$ derivatives converge locally uniformly. ThereforeThis is the frequency-space expression of causality.

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