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Laplace's equation : ウィキペディア英語版
Laplace's equation

In mathematics, Laplace's equation is a second-order partial differential equation named after Pierre-Simon Laplace who first studied its properties. This is often written as:
: \nabla^2 \varphi = 0 \qquad\mbox\qquad \Delta\varphi = 0
where ∆ = ∇2 is the Laplace operator and \varphi is a scalar function.
Laplace's equation and Poisson's equation are the simplest examples of elliptic partial differential equations. The general theory of solutions to Laplace's equation is known as potential theory. The solutions of Laplace's equation are the harmonic functions, which are important in many fields of science, notably the fields of electromagnetism, astronomy, and fluid dynamics, because they can be used to accurately describe the behavior of electric, gravitational, and fluid potentials. In the study of heat conduction, the Laplace equation is the steady-state heat equation.
==Definition==
In three dimensions, the problem is to find twice-differentiable real-valued functions ''f'', of real variables ''x'', ''y'', and ''z'', such that
In Cartesian coordinates
: \Delta f = \frac + \frac + \frac = 0.
In cylindrical coordinates,
:\Delta f=\frac \frac \left( r \frac \right) + \frac \frac + \frac =0
In spherical coordinates,
: \Delta f = \frac\frac \left(\rho^2 \frac\right) + \frac \frac \left(\sin\theta \frac\right) + \frac \frac =0.
In curvilinear coordinates,
: \Delta f =\frac\left(\fracg^\right) + \frac g^\Gamma^n_ =0,
or
: \Delta f = \frac\!\left(\sqrtg^ \frac\right) =0, \qquad (g=\mathrm\).
This is often written as
: \nabla^2 f = 0
or, especially in more general contexts,
: \Delta f = 0,
where ∆ = ∇2 is the Laplace operator or "Laplacian"
: \Delta f = \nabla^2 f =\nabla \cdot \nabla f =\operatorname\operatorname f,
where ∇ •  is the divergence operator (also symbolized "div") which maps vectors to scalars, and ∇  is the gradient operator (also symbolized "grad") which maps scalars to vectors. (hence, the Laplacian Δf ≝ div grad f, maps the scalar function f to a scalar magnitude; specifically it maps the vector grad (the partial derivatives ) of f to a scalar (function).)
If the right-hand side is specified as a given function, ''h''(''x'', ''y'', ''z''), i.e., if the whole equation is written as
: \Delta f = h
then it is called "Poisson's equation".
The Laplace equation is also a special case of the Helmholtz equation.
Note: The delta symbol, Δ, is also commonly used to represent "a change in" some quantity, e.g. ∆Q ≝ Q + δ or ∆Q ≝ Q + εQ for some very small scalars δ or ε. Its use to represent the Laplacian should not be confused with this use.

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