Two novel identities arising from the second‐ and thirdorder derivatives of the reciprocal radial distance and involving delta functions are introduced, proven, and illustrated. A general procedure is described for establishing similar identities for higher‐order derivatives of the reciprocal radial distance.
Topics
Generalized functions
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© 1983 American Association of Physics Teachers.
1983
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