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9-5E AID: 111069 |

7/11/2020

The objective is to determine three ordinary differential equations obtained by separation

of variables for Laplace equation in spherical coordinates which is given as:
  2 u  1   u  1  2u
0 r   sin  
r  r  sin      sin 2   2

Separating the variables 

u  , ,    f    g    h   
one has as:
d  2 df     f    g    d  dh     f    h    d 2 g   
g   h     sin   0
d  d  sin  d  d  sin 2  d 2

f    h  g  
Further dividing by sin 2  one obtains as:
sin  d  2 df     sin  d  dh     1 d g  
2 2

   sin   0
f   d  d   h    d  d  g    d 2

Further  dependence can be separated so one gets as:

d 2g   
  g   
d 2
sin 2  d  2 df     sin  d  dh    
   sin   0
f   d  d   h    d  d 
1 d  2 df     1 d  dh     
   sin   0
f   d  d  h    sin  d  d  sin 
2

Further using second separation constant  such that as:

1 d  2 df    
  
f   d  d 
d  2 df    
   f    0
d  d 

Thus, the ODE (III) becomes as:

d  dh       
 sin      sin   h  0
d  d   sin  

Hence, the solution is as:

d 2g   
  g   
d 2
d  2 df    
  f   0
d  d 
d  dh       
 sin      sin   h  0
d  d   sin  