1.II.31D

Integrable Systems
Part II, 2005

Let ϕ(t)\phi(t) satisfy the linear singular integral equation

(t2+t1)ϕ(t)t2t1πiLϕ(τ)dττt1πiL(τ+1τ)ϕ(τ)dτ=t1,tL,\left(t^{2}+t-1\right) \phi(t)-\frac{t^{2}-t-1}{\pi i} \oint_{L} \frac{\phi(\tau) d \tau}{\tau-t}-\frac{1}{\pi i} \int_{L}\left(\tau+\frac{1}{\tau}\right) \phi(\tau) d \tau=t-1, \quad t \in L,

where \oint denotes the principal value integral and LL denotes a counterclockwise smooth closed contour, enclosing the origin but not the points ±1\pm 1.

(a) Formulate the associated Riemann-Hilbert problem.

(b) For this Riemann-Hilbert problem, find the index, the homogeneous canonical solution and the solvability condition.

(c) Find ϕ(t)\phi(t).