Asymptotic expansions for Wiener–Hopf equations

Abstract

Wiener–Hopf Equations are of the form [Formula: see text] These equations arise in many physical problems such as radiative transport theory, reflection of an electromagnetive plane wave, sound wave transmission from a tube, and in material science. They are also known as the renewal equations on the half-line in Probability Theory. In this paper, we present a method of deriving asymptotic expansions for the solutions to these equations. Our method makes use of the Wiener–Hopf technique as well as the asymptotic expansions of Stieltjes and Hilbert transforms.