The wave equation and separation of variables on the complex sphere S4

E. G. Kalnins; Willard Miller

doi:10.1016/0022-247X(81)90135-9

The wave equation and separation of variables on the complex sphere S₄

E. G. Kalnins, Willard Miller

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Abstract

It is shown that every orthogonal separable coordinate system for the Helmholtz equation on S₄ leads to an R-separable system for the complex wave equation. All orthogonal separable systems on S₄ are classified and each is characterized by a commuting triplet of operators from the enveloping algebra of o(5). A consequence of the classification is that the most general cyclidic coordinates for the wave equation arise from ellipsoidal coordinates on S₄.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	449-469
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Volume	83
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-247X(81)90135-9
State	Published - Oct 1981

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supported by NSF Grant MCS 76-04838 AOI.

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