{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# M3M6: Methods of Mathematical Physics\n", "\n", "$$\n", "\\def\\dashint{{\\int\\!\\!\\!\\!\\!\\!-\\,}}\n", "\\def\\infdashint{\\dashint_{\\!\\!\\!-\\infty}^{\\,\\infty}}\n", "\\def\\D{\\,{\\rm d}}\n", "\\def\\E{{\\rm e}}\n", "\\def\\dx{\\D x}\n", "\\def\\dt{\\D t}\n", "\\def\\dz{\\D z}\n", "\\def\\C{{\\mathbb C}}\n", "\\def\\R{{\\mathbb R}}\n", "\\def\\H{{\\mathbb H}}\n", "\\def\\CC{{\\cal C}}\n", "\\def\\HH{{\\cal H}}\n", "\\def\\FF{{\\cal F}}\n", "\\def\\I{{\\rm i}}\n", "\\def\\qqqquad{\\qquad\\qquad}\n", "\\def\\qqand{\\qquad\\hbox{and}\\qquad}\n", "\\def\\qqfor{\\qquad\\hbox{for}\\qquad}\n", "\\def\\qqwhere{\\qquad\\hbox{where}\\qquad}\n", "\\def\\Res_#1{\\underset{#1}{\\rm Res}}\\,\n", "\\def\\sech{{\\rm sech}\\,}\n", "\\def\\acos{\\,{\\rm acos}\\,}\n", "\\def\\erfc{\\,{\\rm erfc}\\,}\n", "\\def\\vc#1{{\\mathbf #1}}\n", "\\def\\ip<#1,#2>{\\left\\langle#1,#2\\right\\rangle}\n", "\\def\\norm#1{\\left\\|#1\\right\\|}\n", "\\def\\half{{1 \\over 2}}\n", "\\def\\fL{f_{\\rm L}}\n", "\\def\\fR{f_{\\rm R}}\n", "$$\n", "\n", "Dr Sheehan Olver\n", "<br>\n", "s.olver@imperial.ac.uk\n", "\n", "<br>\n", "Website: https://github.com/dlfivefifty/M3M6LectureNotes\n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "# Lecture 22: Integral equations on the half-line and Riemann–Hilbert problems\n", "\n", "Our goal is to solve the integral equation\n", "$$\n", "\\lambda u(x) + \\int_{0}^\\infty K(x-t)u(t) \\dt = f(x)\\qqfor 0 < x < \\infty.\n", "$$\n", "We will demonstrate the procedure for the special case $K(x) = \\E^{-\\gamma |x|}$. \n", "\n", "Taking Fourier transforms, we get functions analytic above or below the real axis, giving us a Riemann–Hilbert problem of finding $\\Phi(z)$ analytic off $(-\\infty,\\infty)$ such that\n", "$$\n", "\\Phi_+(s) - g(s)\\Phi_-(s) = h(s) \\qqand \\Phi(\\infty) = C\n", "$$\n", "where $\\Phi_\\pm(s) = \\lim_{\\epsilon \\rightarrow 0} \\Phi(s \\pm \\I \\epsilon)$ are the limits from above and below. Here $g$ and $h$ are given, and $g(\\pm \\infty) = 1$.\n", "\n", "Outline:\n", "\n", "1. Integral equation to Riemann–Hilbert problem\n", "2. Cauchy transforms on the Real line\n", " - Application: Calculating error functions\n", "\n", "## Integral equation to Riemann–Hilbert problem\n", "\n", "Recall the notation\n", "$$\n", "f_{\\rm R}(x) = \\begin{cases}f(t) & t \\geq 0 \\\\ 0 & \\hbox{otherwise} \\end{cases}\n", "$$\n", "and\n", "$$\n", "f_{\\rm L}(x) = \\begin{cases}f(t) & t < 0 \\\\ 0 & \\hbox{otherwise} \\end{cases}\n", "$$\n", "\n", "Using this, we can rewrite the integral equation on the half line\n", "$$\n", "\\lambda u(x) + \\int_{0}^\\infty K(x-t)u(t) \\dt = f(x)\\qqfor 0 < x < \\infty.\n", "$$\n", "as an integral equation on the whole line:\n", "$$\n", "\\lambda u_{\\rm R}(x) + \\int_{-\\infty}^\\infty K(x-t)u_{\\rm R}(t) \\dt = f_{\\rm R}(x) + p_{\\rm L}(x)\\qqfor -\\infty < x < \\infty.\n", "$$\n", "where \n", "$$\n", "p(x) = \\int_{-\\infty}^\\infty K(x-t)u_{\\rm R}(t) \\dt\n", "$$\n", "Taking Fourier transforms, this becomes:\n", "$$\n", "(\\lambda + \\widehat K(s)) \\widehat{u_{\\rm R}}(s) = \\widehat{f_{\\rm R}}(s) + \\widehat{p_{\\rm L}}(s)\n", "$$\n", "As discussed last lecture, assuming $u$ is \"nice\" we are guaranteed that $\\widehat{ u_{\\rm R}}(s)$ is analytic in the lower half-plane and $\\widehat{ p_{\\rm L}}(s)$ is analytic in the upper-half plane. Thus introduce the sectionally analytic function:\n", "$$\n", "\\Phi(z) = \\begin{cases} \\widehat{p_{\\rm L}}(z) & \\Im z > 0 \\\\ \n", " \\widehat{u_{\\rm R}}(z) & \\Im z < 0 \n", " \\end{cases}\n", "$$\n", "Then our integral transformed integral equation becomes:\n", "$$\n", "\\underbrace{\\Phi_+(s)}_{\\widehat{p_{\\rm L}}(s)} - \\underbrace{g(s)}_{\\lambda + \\widehat K(s)} \\underbrace{\\Phi_-(s)}_{\\widehat{u_{\\rm R}}(s)} = \\underbrace{h(s)}_{-\\widehat{f_{\\rm R}}(s) } \\qqand \\Phi(\\infty) = 0\n", "$$\n", "\n", "Here there is one unknown $\\Phi(z)$, and we claim that in certain conditions this has one—and only—one solution. Thus we wish to:\n", "\n", "1. Find $\\Phi(z)$\n", "2. Recover $u(x)$ via the inverse Fourier transform ${\\cal F}^{-1} \\Phi_-$" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Julia 1.0.0", "language": "julia", "name": "julia-1.0" }, "language_info": { "file_extension": ".jl", "mimetype": "application/julia", "name": "julia", "version": "1.1.0" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 2 }