
The
Gelfond-Levitan-Marchenko
Equation
421
In order for evaluate the integral on the left-hand side of Eq.
(G.ll),
let
us
observe that
a(k)
is an analytic function in the complex open upper
plane
Smk
>
0,
where it has simple zeroes corresponding to bound states.
Indeed,
if
a(k)
vanishes at the point
ko,
then
W[4(.,
ko), $(x,
w1
=
0
1
so
that
+(x, ko)
and
$(z,
Ico)
are linearly dependent. Therefore, we obtain
$(x, ko)
=
P(ko)d(z, ko)
'
(G.12)
On
the other hand, the solution
4(z,
k)
decreases exponentially
for
z
00
as
well
w
$(z,
k)
when
2
-+
-00,
since
Smk
>
0,
so
that we can conclude that
4(x,
Icg)
and
$(z,
ko)
are the wave functions of
a
bound states
if
Smko
>
0.
Since,
k:
is real,
ko
will be purely imaginary
ko
=
ixo.
In order to show that
ko
is
a simple zero, let us introduce, for the sake
of
simplicity, the notation
and let
us
consider the Schrodinger equations for
4
and
$:
4"
+
k2$
=
U4,
$'I
+
k2$
=
U$
.
By taking the derivative, with respect to
k,
of
the second equation, we have
8"
+
k2d
=
Ud
-
2k$.
The difference between the first Schrodinger equation multiplied by
11
and the
above equation multiplied by
4,
gives
-
=
2k4$,
or equivalently,