Paper 4, Section I, D
Part IB, 2014
Consider the ordinary differential equation
where is a positive constant and denotes the Dirac delta function. Physically relevant solutions for are bounded over the entire range .
(i) Find piecewise bounded solutions to this differential equations in the ranges and , respectively. [Hint: The equation for a constant may be solved using the Ansatz .]
(ii) Derive a matching condition at by integrating ( ) over the interval with and use this condition together with the requirement that be continuous at to determine the solution over the entire range .