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Boundary conditions / uniqueness of the propagators / Green's functions
My question(s) concern the interpretation and uniqueness of the propagators / Green's functions for both classical and quantum fields.
It is well known that the Green's function for the Laplace ...
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Connections of iterative solvers for large systems of equation in Physics?
I am trying to find the domains in physics where solving large systems of equations is computationally expensive. The sparse systems are of my particular interest, where the input matrix A is in GBs ...
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Theoretical penetration limit for evanescent waves
Consider a problem in classical electrodynamics, when a monochromatic beam experiences total internal refraction when traveling from a medium with $n>1$ to a medium with refractive index $1$ - see ...