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Handbook of Linear Partial Differential Equations for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd Edition
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Handbook of Linear Partial Differential Equations for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd Edition

by Andrei D. Polyanin, Vladimir E. Nazaikinskii
December 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1643 pages
59h 33m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Content preview from Handbook of Linear Partial Differential Equations for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd Edition
Chapter 1 6
Cauchy Problem.
Fundamental Solutions
16.1 Dirac Delta Function. Fundamental Solutions
16.1.1 Dirac Delta Function and Its Properties
Properties of the one-dimensional Dirac delta function.
The Dirac delta function δ(x) is the singular generalized function (distribution) acting by
the rule
Z
−∞
ϕ(x)δ(x) dx = ϕ(0)
for an arbitrary function ϕ(x) continuous at the point x = 0.
The Dirac delta function plays an important role in the theory of linear PDEs. The
rigorous definition of this function as the limit of delta sequences of regular distributions,
as well as its physical interpretation, can be found in Chapter 21 (see also the references
therein ...
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