Visualizing & Solving a 2D Laplace Eq problem (Polar Coordinates)

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Start date Apr 29, 2019
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2d Coordinates Electrodyanmics Laplace Laplace equation Polar coordinates Separation of variables

Apr 29, 2019

majormuss

Homework Statement: See the attached screenshots for the details and my progress so far.

1)My first question is: Is my picture an accurate rendition of the problem?
2) Am I on the right track with my Boundary Conditions and my first few steps at solving part a)?
Thanks in advance.

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Apr 30, 2019

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It would be easier if you took the ##\theta## boundary conditions at ##-\beta/2## and ##+\beta/2##

Apr 30, 2019

majormuss

Chestermiller said:

It would be easier if you took the ##\theta## boundary conditions at ##-\beta/2## and ##+\beta/2##

Thanks, I agree that would make things easier. Is my diagram correct, though? and is everything else correct?

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