Potential theory

thumb|Field lines of a point dipole of any type, electric, magnetic, acoustic, etc.

partial differential equation of elliptic type with broad utility in mechanical engineering and theoretical physics

branch of mathematic studying harmonic functions

mathematical series approximating an angle-dependent function

a mapping of possible energy states of a system

mathematical concept

Simplified gravity models for objects inside or outside a spherically symmetrical body

problem of finding a function which solves a specified partial differential equation with prescribed boundary values

function f such that, if f≤h on the boundary of a ball for any harmonic function h, then f≤h also inside the ball

Computation method named after Paul Peter Ewald

Riesz potential defines an inverse for a power of the Laplace operator on Euclidean space.

green's function for Laplacian

shell bounded by two concentric, similar ellipses or ellipsoids

mathematical potential

in Euclidean space, a measure of that set's "size"