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Jun21-11, 10:28 AM   #1
 
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Help with Greens functions


I have to solve the following PDE:
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\frac{\partial^{2}u}{\partial t^{2}}+2\frac{\partial^{2}u}{\partial t\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+k^{2}u=f
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I use the Greens function method and examine the equation:
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\frac{\partial^{2}G}{\partial t^{2}}+2\frac{\partial^{2}G}{\partial t\partial x}+\frac{\partial G}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial G}{\partial t}+k^{2}G=4\pi\delta (x-x')\delta (t-t')
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I then write:
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G=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}g(X|X')e^{i\omega (T-T')}d\omega\quad \delta (T-T') =\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{i\omega (T-T')}d\omega
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The equation then becomes:
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(1+2\omega i)\frac{\partial g}{\partial X}+(k^{2}-\omega^{2}+i\omega)g=4\pi\delta (X-X')
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Take the Fourier transform to obtain:
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i\xi (1+2\omega i)\hat{g}+(k^{2}-\omega^{2}-\omega i)\hat{g}=4\pi e^{i\xi X'}
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Rearrange and take the inverse Fourier transform to obtain:
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g=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{4\pi e^{-i\xi (X-X')}}{i\xi (1+2\omega i)+k^{2}-\omega^{2}-\omega i}d\xi
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Am I on the right track here?
 
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Jun21-11, 12:29 PM   #2
 
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I think that I can find g by using contour integration. Write:
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\frac{1}{2\pi}\oint_{\gamma}\frac{4\pi e^{-iz(X-X')}}{iz(1+2\omega i)+k^{2}-\omega^{2}-\omega i}dz
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Which can then be evaluated via Cauchy's integral formula:
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g=4\pi ie^{i(X-X')h(\omega )},\quad h(\omega )=\frac{k^{2}-\omega^{2}-\omega i}{1+2\omega i}
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Thoughts?
 
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