Alternative separation of Laplace's equation in toroidal coordinates and its application to electrostatics

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 664-672

  Andrews, Mark ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laplace equation; Legendre polynomials; Separation of variables; Toroidal coordinates

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; FUNCTIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS;

LAPLACE EQUATION; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; SEPARATION OF VARIABLES; TOROIDAL COORDINATES;

ELECTROSTATICS;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNCTIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 33745826990     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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