Delta-like singularity in the Reduction of the Laplace Equation for Spherical Coordinates and the Validity of Radial Schrodinger Equation

Abstract

By careful exploration of separation of variables into the Laplacian in spherical coordinates, we obtain the extra delta-like singularity, elimination of which restricts the radial wave function at the origin. This constraint has the form of boundary condition for the radial Schrodinger equation.

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