Green's functions for the wave, Helmholtz and Poisson equations in a two-dimensional boundless domain

Abstract

In this work, Green's functions for the two-dimensional wave, Helmholtz and Poisson equations are calculated in the entire plane domain by means of the two-dimensional Fourier transform. New procedures are provided for the evaluation of the improper double integrals related to the inverse Fourier transforms that furnish these Green's functions. The integrals are calculated by using contour integration in the complex plane. The method consists basically in applying the correct prescription for circumventing the real poles of the integrand as well as in using well-known integral representations of some Bessel functions. © The Sociedade Brasileira de Física.