The rectangular coordinate green function is tex2html_wrap192 where tex2html_wrap193 , and tex2html_wrap194 .

tex2html_wrap195 satisfies: tex2html_wrap196

so tex2html_wrap197 where: tex2html_wrap198 . Choose tex2html_wrap199 for tex2html_wrap200 and tex2html_wrap201 for tex2html_wrap202 .

so tex2html_wrap203

leading to a total green's functions of: tex2html_wrap204 tex2html_wrap205

The z coordinate has been given a special treatment. It'd be nice to have a green function which is symmetric in all coordinates. This can be done using a laplacian eigenfunction expansion. The rectangular eigenfunctions are:

tex2html_wrap206

where tex2html_wrap207 ... and similar relations

This gives tex2html_wrap208 .

Comparing these green functions, you get: tex2html_wrap209

which can be thought of as a fourier expansion or the series can just be summed.




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