On some dual integral equations (Q793943)

The authors present a simple method to solve the dual integral equations of the type \[ \int^{\infty}_{0}h_ 1(xt)\phi(t)dt=f(x),\;0<x<1 \] \[ \int^{\infty}_{0}h_ 2(xt)\phi(t)dt=g(x),\;x>1 \] where \(h_ 1\) and \(h_ 2\) are Bessel functions of the first and the second kind. First, they consider the set with \(g(x)=0\) and determine an appropriate form of the unknown function \(\phi\) in terms of an arbitrary function. Then this arbitrary function is evaluated so that \(\phi\) satisfies the equations. Similarly the second set of dual integral equations with \(f(x)=0\) is solved, and then the superposition of these two yields the desired solution. The analysis is formal.