Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 3 39A b i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Each Fourier mode has zero initial velocity, soAlong this isPutThe two phases have stationary points at and , respectively. At those points,
Because the initial field is real, . Applying the stationary phase method to the two conjugate contributions gives the stationary-phase asymptotic of a Klein-Gordon wave along a subluminal ray:Equivalently, if ,