
280 7 Wiener–Hopf Method and Wiener–Hopf Integral Equation
Then, in this case, the homogeneous adjoint problem has
|
ν
|
independent solutions,
X
adj(j)
m
j = 1, ...,
|
ν
|
, m ≥ 0. (7.5.56)
By the argument similar to the derivation of the solvability condition for the inhomo-
geneous Wiener–Hopf integral equation of the second kind discussed in Section
7.4, noting Eq. (7.5.50), we obtain the solvability condition for the inhomogeneous
Wiener–Hopf sum equation as follows:
∞
m=0
f
m
X
adj(j)
m
= 0, j = 1, ...,
|
ν
|
. (7.5.57)
Thus, if and only if the solvability condition (7.5.57) is satisfied, i.e., the inhomogeneous
term f
m
is orthogonal to all the
|
ν
|
independent solutions X
adj(j)
m
to the homogeneous
adjoint problem (7.5.51), the inhomogeneous Wiener–Hopf sum equation has the
unique solution, X
n,part
.
From this analysis of the inhomogeneous Wiener–Hopf sum equation,wefindthat
the problem at hand is the discrete analog of the inhomogeneous Wiener–Hopf integral
equation of the second kind, not of the first kind, despite its formal appearance.
For an interesting application of the Wiener–Hopf sum equation to the phase
transition of the two-dimensional Ising model, the reader is referred to the article
by T.T. Wu, cited in the bibliography.
For another interesting application of the Wiener–Hopf sum equation to the
Yagi–Uda semi-infinite arrays, the reader is referred to the articles by W. Wasylki-
wskyj and A.L. VanKoughnett, cited in the bibliography.
The Cauchy integral formula used in this section should actually be Pollard’s
theorem which is the generalization of the Cauchy integral formula. We avoided
the mathematical technicalities in the presentation of the Wiener–Hopf sum
equation.
As for the mathematical details related to the Wiener–Hopf sum equation,
Liouville’s theorem, the Wiener–L
´
evy theorem, and Pollard’s theorem, we refer
the reader to Chapter IX of the book by B. McCoy and T.T. Wu, cited in the
bibliography.
Summary of the Wiener–Hopf sum equation:
∞
m=0
M
n−m
X
m
= f
n
, n ≥ 0,
∞
m=0
M
m−n
X
adj
m
= 0, n ≥ 0.