Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ii Paper 2 29E ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
The horizontal contribution is . The two nondegenerate stationary points of the phase are and , with second derivatives and . The stationary phase method gives their contributionswith remainder for smooth fixed amplitudes localized near the stationary points. On the remaining portions, use integration by parts. The endpoint term isCutoff endpoints cancel between pieces; a second integration gives the other nonstationary contributions . Thus this endpoint term cancels the leading vertical term. AltogetherThis stationary phase endpoint cancellation in a half-strip contour is necessary: omitting it would leave an erroneous remainder for noninteger .