Potential theory
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potential-theory-189-8672508
title:
Potential theory
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In mathematics and mathematical physics, potential theory is the study of harmonic functions. The term "potential theory" was coined in 19th-century physics when it was realized that two fundamental forces of nature known at the time, namely gravity and the electrostatic force, could be modeled using functions called the gravitational potential and electrostatic potential, both of which satisfy Poisson's equation—or in the vacuum, Laplace's equation. There is considerable overlap between potenti
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Harmonic functions as solutions to Laplace's equation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_theory
date created:
2005-01-25T20:27:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:07:26Z
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