
228 7 Wiener–Hopf Method and Wiener–Hopf Integral Equation
We thus have
φ
+
(k) −
i
k − i
=
−ci
(k + ib)(k + iε)
1/2
(k − iε)
1/2
−
ψ
−
(k)
(k + iε)
1/2
(k − iε)
1/2
.
(7.1.22)
Since (k + iε)
1/2
is a +function (i.e., is analytic in the upper half plane), we multiply
the whole Eq. (7.1.22) by (k + iε)
1/2
to get
(k + iε)
1/2
φ
+
(k) −
i(k + iε)
1/2
k − i
=
−ci
(k + ib)(k − iε)
1/2
−
ψ
−
(k)
(k − iε)
1/2
, (7.1.23)
where the first term on the left-hand side is a + function and the second term
on the right-hand side is a − function. We shall decompose the remaining terms
into a sum of the + function and the − function. Consider the second term of the
left-hand side of Eq. (7.1.23). The numerator is a + function but the denominator
is a − function. We rewrite
−
i(k + iε)
1/2
k − i
=
−i(k + iε)
1/2
+ i(i + iε)
1/2
k − i
−
i(i + iε)
1/2
k − i
,
where in the first term on the right-hand side, we removed the singularity at k = i
by making the numerator vanish at k = i so that it is a +function. The second term
on the right-hand side has a pole at k = i so that it is a − function. Similarly, the
first term on the right-hand side of Eq. (7.1.23) is rewritten in the following form:
−ci
(k + ib)(k − iε)
1/2
=
−ci
k + ib
1
(k − iε)
1/2
−
1
(−ib − iε)
1/2
−
ci
(k + ib)(−ib − iε)
1/2
,
where the first term on the right-hand side is no longer singular at k =−ib,buthas
a branch point at k = iε,soitisa− function. The second term on the right-hand
side has a pole at k =−ib,soitisa+ function.
Collecting all this, we have the following equation:
(k + iε)
1/2
φ
+
(k) +
−i(k + iε)
1/2
+ i(i + iε)
1/2
k − i
+
ci
(k + ib)(−ib − iε)
1/2
=−
ψ
−
(k)
(k − iε)
1/2
−
ci
(k + ib)
1
(k − iε)
1/2
−
1
(−ib − iε)
1/2
+
i(i + iε)
1/2
k − i
. (7.1.24)
Here each term on the left-hand side is a + function while each term on the
right-hand side is a − function. Applying the Wiener–Hopf method, and noting
that the left-hand side and the right-hand side both go to 0 as
k
→∞,wehave