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Uniqueness Theorems for a Singular Partial Differential Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

P. Ramankutty
P. Ramankutty*
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University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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A singular partial differential equation which occurs frequently in mathematical physics is given by

where is the Laplacian operator on Rn of which the generic point is denoted by x = (x1, … , xn) and s and k are real numbers. The study of solutions of this equation for the case k = 0 was initiated by A. Weinstein [5], who named it ‘Generalized Axially Symmetric Potential Theory'. Numerous references to the literature on this equation can be found in [1; 3; 6]. The analytic theory of equations of the type mentioned above has extensively been treated in [2].

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 156 - 163
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

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