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TOKAMAK
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This isn't really homework for a class, but i figured this would be the most appropriate place for this question:
What would this quantity be?
[tex] \lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} \cdot (|x -t| - 1) - \lim_{t \rightarrow - \infty} e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} \cdot (|x -t| - 1) = ? [/tex]
It looks to me like it is just zero, but I was hoping it would be:
[tex] \frac{2e^{-i \alpha x}}{1 + \alpha^2} [/tex]
where [tex] \alpha [/tex] is a real number, since this was the last step in proving that
[tex] f(t) = e^{-i \alpha t} [/tex]
is an eigenfunction of the kernel:
[tex] K(x,t) = e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} [/tex]
with an eigenvalue:
[tex] \lambda = \frac{2}{1 + \alpha^2} [/tex]
Perhaps I solved my integral wrong or made a mistake somewhere.
What would this quantity be?
[tex] \lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} \cdot (|x -t| - 1) - \lim_{t \rightarrow - \infty} e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} \cdot (|x -t| - 1) = ? [/tex]
It looks to me like it is just zero, but I was hoping it would be:
[tex] \frac{2e^{-i \alpha x}}{1 + \alpha^2} [/tex]
where [tex] \alpha [/tex] is a real number, since this was the last step in proving that
[tex] f(t) = e^{-i \alpha t} [/tex]
is an eigenfunction of the kernel:
[tex] K(x,t) = e^{-i \alpha |x - t|} [/tex]
with an eigenvalue:
[tex] \lambda = \frac{2}{1 + \alpha^2} [/tex]
Perhaps I solved my integral wrong or made a mistake somewhere.