Separation of variables on n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. I. The n-sphere S n and Euclidean n-space R n

DOI10.1063/1.527088zbMath0602.35014OpenAlexW1994023855WikidataQ115332170 ScholiaQ115332170MaRDI QIDQ3737836

Willard jun. Miller, Ernest G. Kalnins

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527088

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equationRiemannian manifoldsHelmholtz equationSeparation of variablespolyspherical coordinates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Series solutions to PDEs (35C10) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics (70H20)

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