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Derivation of Solutions of the Klein-Gordon Equation from Solutions of the Wave Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

LL. G. Chambers
LL. G. Chambers
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University College of North Wales, Bangor
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The Klein–Gordon equation

Ω being a constant of dimensions [time]-1 and c being a constant velocity, appears in nuclear physics (1) and, when the Laplacian operator is twodimensional, in the theory of long gravity waves on a rotating earth (2). If Ω is zero it reduces to the wave equation

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 1966 , pp. 125 - 129
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1966

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