Spectral relationships for the integral operators generated by a kernel in the form of a Weber-Sonin integral, and their application to contact problems (Q1071595)

Generalized potential theory methods are used to re-establish the spectral relationship for the integral operators generated by a symmetric kernel in the form of the Weber-Sonin integral in the finite interval (0,a), the kernel containing Jacobi polynomials. Spectral relations are also established for the integral operator generated by the same kernel in the semi-infinite interval (a,\(\infty)\), and other allied relationships. The latter are used to construct a closed solution of the axisymmetric contact problem of impressing a stamp of annular form in a plane, with an infinite outer radius, into a half-space, the deformation of which obeys a power law.