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Eighty years of Sommerfeld's radiation condition (English)
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1 April 1993
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This is a very thorough and clearly written article explaining the motivation for Sommerfeld's introduction of his ``radiation condition'' to guarantee uniqueness of the solution of certain partial differential equations, and its derivation. Although the condition was first introduced in 1912, the motivation can be traced back to Sommerfeld's Habilitationsschrift of 1896 (written under the supervision of Felix Klein). Later refinement and developments of the condition by Magnus, Rellich and others are also discussed. In Sommerfeld's own phrase, the subject matter dealt with is ``physical mathematics'', that is, the physical motivation of mathematical methods.
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Sommerfeld
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Helmholtz equation
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radiation condition
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