Null field solutions of the wave equation and certain generalizations

DOI10.1063/1.525596zbMath0536.70018OpenAlexW2055292283MaRDI QIDQ3321521

C. B. Collins

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525596

zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean spaceeikonal equationLaplace's equationmassless Klein-Gordon equationtime-transported solutionsMinkowski space- timenull field solutionshear- free hypersurface-orthogonal null geodesic congruences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Special relativity (83A05) Classical field theories (70Sxx)

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On the existence of nonclassical symmetries of partial differential equations ⋮ On the general solution of the d’Alembert equation with a nonlinear eikonal constraint and its applications

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