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508 HW 12

This document provides optional problems on integral equations from a physics homework assignment. It includes problems involving solving various Fredholm integral equations, using techniques like the Liouville-Neumann-Born series and Fredholm series. It also covers Neumann series, translationally invariant kernels, and using Fourier and Laplace transforms to solve certain integral equations.

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508 HW 12

This document provides optional problems on integral equations from a physics homework assignment. It includes problems involving solving various Fredholm integral equations, using techniques like the Liouville-Neumann-Born series and Fredholm series. It also covers Neumann series, translationally invariant kernels, and using Fourier and Laplace transforms to solve certain integral equations.

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Physics 508 Prof. M.

Stone
Handout 12 Mathematical Methods in Physics I 2117 ESB
Oct 2017 Homework 12 University of Illinois
Here are some optional problems on integral equations. They are taken verbatim from
Paul Goldbart’s homework sets.

1) Integral equations:
a) Solve the inhomogeneous type II Fredholm integral equation
Z 1
u(x) = ex + λ xy u(y) dy .
0

b) Solve the homogeneous type II Fredholm integral equation


Z π
u(x) = λ sin(x − y) u(y) dy .
0

c) Solve the inhomogeneous type II Fredholm integral equation


Z 1
u(x) = x + λ y(x + y) u(y) dy
0

to second order in λ using


i) the Liouville-Neumann-Born series; and
ii) the Fredholm series.
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d) By differentiating, solve the integral equation: u(x) = x + 0x u(y) dy.
R
e) Solve the integral equation: u(x) = x2 + 01 xy u(y) dy.
f) Find the eigenfunction(s) and eigenvalue(s) of the integral equation
Z 1
u(x) = λ ex−y u(y) dy .
0
R1
g) Solve the integral equation: u(x) = ex + λ 0 ex−y u(y) dy.

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2) Neumann Series: Consider the integral equation
Z 1
u(x) = g(x) + λ K(x, y) u(y) dy ,
0

in which only u is considered unknown.


a) Write down the solution u(x) to second order in the Liouville-Neumann-Born series.
b) Suppose g(x) = x and K(x, y) = sin 2πxy. Compute u(x) to second order in the
Liouville-Neumann-Born series. (You may leave your answer to the second-order term
in terms of a single integral.)
3) Translationally invariant kernels:
∞ R
a) Consider the integral equation: u(x) = g(x) + λ −∞ K(x, y) u(y) dy , with the transla-
tionally invariant kernel K(x, y) = Q(x−y), in which g, λ and Q are considered known.
√
Show that the Fourier transforms û, ĝ and Q̂ satisfy û(q) = ĝ(q)/{1 − 2πλQ̂(q)}.
Expand this result to second order in λ to recover the second-order Liouville-Neumann-
Born series.
b) Use Fourier transforms to find a solution of the integral equation
Z ∞
−|x|
u(x) = e +λ e−|x−y| u(y) dy
−∞

which remains finite as |x| → ∞.


c) Use Laplace transforms to find a solution for x > 0 of the integral equation
Z x
u(x) = e−x + λ e−|x−y| u(y) dy .
0

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