Closed form of the generalized Green's function for the Helmholtz operator on the two-dimensional unit sphere

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Szmytkowski, Radosław ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 33745711474     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2203430     Document Type: Article

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