There is a question that puzzle me when I apply numerical method to principal value integral. Let me descibe it. We make use of the fact that the integral ##\int_0^\infty \frac{dk}{k^2-k_0^2}## vanishes, namely,
$$
\int_0^\infty \frac{dk}{k^2-k_0^2} = 0 .
$$
We use this formula to express a...