Skip to Main Content
Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Online ISSN 1552-4485; Print ISSN 0033-569X

   
 
 

 

Non-separable solutions of the Helmholtz wave equation


Author: Donald S. Moseley
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 22 (1965), 354-357
MSC: Primary 35.75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/183970
MathSciNet review: 183970
Full-text PDF Free Access

Abstract | References | Similar Articles | Additional Information

Abstract: A set of solutions not obtainable by the method of separation of variables is presented for the vector Helmholtz wave equation in circular cylindrical coordinates limited to non-angular dependence. These are constructed of Bessel and trigonometric functions. For example, if A is the vector, the $r$-component of the simplest member of the set is \[ {A_r} = {C_1}\left [ {mr{J_0}\left ( {pr} \right )\cos \left ( {mz} \right ) + pz{J_1}\left ( {pr} \right )\sin \left ( {mz} \right )} \right ]{e^{ - iwt}},\] where ${C_1}$ is an arbitrary constant, $m$ and $p$ are propagation constants, and $\omega$ is angular frequency. Brief reference is made to three-dimensional solutions in rectangular coordinates.


References [Enhancements On Off] (What's this?)

    E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis, (MacMillan Co., New York, 1948), American edition
  • H. Bateman, Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics, Dover Publications, New York, N.Y., 1944. MR 0010909
  • E. Kamke, Differentialgleichungen Lösungsmethoden und Lösungen, (Chelsea Publishing Co., New York, 1942)
  • Arthur Gordon Webster, Partial differential equations of mathematical physics, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1955. Edited by Samuel J. Plimpton; 2d ed. MR 0073814
  • Arnold Sommerfeld, Partial Differential Equations in Physics, Academic Press, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1949. Translated by Ernst G. Straus. MR 0029463
  • M. G. Salvadori and R. J. Schwarz, Differential Equations in Engineering Problems, (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1954)
  • Parry Moon and Domina Eberle Spencer, Foundations of electrodynamics, The Van Nostrand Series in Electronics and Communications, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, N.J.-Toronto-London-New York, 1960. MR 0118275
  • Parry Moon and Domina Eberle Spencer, Field theory for engineers, The Van Nostrand Series in Electronics and Communications, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, N.J.-Toronto-London-New York, 1961. MR 0121018
  • Parry Moon and Domina Eberle Spencer, The meaning of the vector Laplacian, J. Franklin Inst. 256 (1953), 551–558. MR 58038, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-0032%2853%2991160-0

Similar Articles

Retrieve articles in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics with MSC: 35.75

Retrieve articles in all journals with MSC: 35.75


Additional Information

Article copyright: © Copyright 1965 American Mathematical Society