
294 7 Wiener–Hopf Method and Wiener–Hopf Integral Equation
where n is the nonnegative integer and J
n
(yx)isthenth order Bessel function
of the first kind.
Hint: Jackson, J.D. : Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, John Wiley &
Sons, New York (1999). Section 5.13.
7.31. Solve the dual integral equations of the following form:
∞
0
y
α
f (y)J
µ
(yx)dy = g(x)for0≤ x < 1
and
∞
0
f (y)J
µ
(yx)dy = 0for1≤ x < ∞.
Hint: Kondo, J.: Integral Equations, Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo (1991), p. 412.
7.32. Consider the integral equation
φ(x) =
+1
−1
H
(1)
0
(α
x − y
)φ(y)dy with − 1 ≤ x ≤+1,
where H
(1)
0
(x) is the 0th order Hankel function of the first kind.Wecan
assume that φ(x) is even. Then the above integral equation becomes
φ(x) = 2
+1
0
H
(1)
0
(α
x − y
)φ(y)dy with 0 ≤ x ≤+1.
(a) By assuming the exponential damping of φ(x)asx →∞,weobtain
the approximate integral equation
ψ(x) = 2
∞
0
H
(1)
0
(α
x − y
)ψ(y)dy with 0 ≤ x < ∞.
The above approximate integral equation is the homogeneous
Wiener–Hopf integral equation of the second kind.
(b) Show that the exact solution to the approximate integral equation is
given by
ψ(x) = 1 +χ(α
|
1 +x
|
) +χ(α
|
1 −x
|
)with0≤ x < ∞,
where
χ(x) =
1
√
πx
exp[−x] −erf [
√
x ].
(c) Ascertain that the function χ(x) exhibits the exponential damping as
x →∞, thus verifying that φ(x) → 0 exponentially as x →∞.