In this paper the spherical harmonic function method for the plane geometry neutron transport equation with reflective boundary condition is discussed. The existence and uniqueness for the solution of the spherical harmonic approximation equation are studied, and then the convergence of the solution of the equation as to the solution of the neutron transport equation is proved.
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