ABSTRACT

B.1. Linear Ordinary Differential Operator with Constant Coefficients that satisfies the equation

Lu∗(x) = dnu∗

dxn + a1

dn−1u∗

dxn−1 + · · ·+ an−1 du

dx + anu∗ = δ(x),

where u∗ = u∗(x, 0), has fundamental solution:

u∗ = H(x)w(x), (B.1)

where H(x) is the Heaviside function, and w(x) ∈ Cn(R) is the solution of the homogeneous equation Lw = 0 with the initial conditions w(0) = w′(0) = · · · = w(n−2)(0) = 0, w(n−1)(0) = 1.