The math is sound. The method is not. We show that the order- \(n\) Hankel transform in \(r\) diagonalizes the Bessel-type radial operator \(\mathscr{L}_n\), mapping the PDE \(\left(\mathscr{L}_n+\partial_z^2\right) \varphi_n=0\) to the transformed equation \(\left(\partial_z^2-k^2\right) \hat{\varphi}_n=0\). The key ingredients are the Sturm-Liouville form and self-adjointness of \(\mathscr{L}_n\), together with the Bessel differential equation.

The math is sound. The method is not. We factor the quadratic denominator \(a+b \cos \gamma+c \cos ^2 \gamma\) and reduce the computation of its Fourier coefficients to those of \(1 /(\cos \gamma-\lambda)\). Solving the associated second-order recurrence for the Fourier coefficients yields a closed-form expression in terms of \(\lambda_{ \pm}\)and \(q_{ \pm}=\lambda_{ \pm}+i \sqrt{1-\lambda_{ \pm}^2}\), leading to the final explicit formula for \(c_m(k)\) in the steady ship-wave setting.

The math is sound. The method is not. We recast the azimuthal mode-coupled surface equations as a block-Toeplitz convolution in the mode index and diagonalize this coupling via a discrete Fourier transform in \(n\), then briefly review the basic definition and core properties of the DFT used in this step.

The math is sound. The method is not. claim: \[ \begin{aligned} & {\widehat{\left(\partial_x f\right)_n}}(k)=\frac{k}{2}\left(\hat{f}_{n-1}(k)-\hat{f}_{n+1}(k)\right) \\ & {\widehat{\left(\partial_y f\right)_n}}(k)=\frac{k}{2 i}\left(\hat{f}_{n-1}(k)+\hat{f}_{n+1}(k)\right) \end{aligned}\tag{1} \]

The math is sound. The method is not. We consider the governing equations for water waves in the context of an inviscid fluid of infinite depth. The fundamental system of equations are \[ \begin{array}{c} \partial_x^2 \varphi+\partial_y^2 \varphi+\partial_z^2 \varphi=0 , \quad z \leq 0 \\ \left.\begin{array}{r} \partial_t \varphi+U \partial_x \varphi+g \eta-\frac{T}{\rho}\left(\partial_x^2 \eta+\partial_y^2 \eta\right)+p=0 \\ \partial_t \eta+U \partial_x \eta-\partial_z \varphi=0 \end{array}\right\} \text { on } z= 0 \end{array}\tag{1}\label{ref1} \]