A Method of Deriving Solutions of a Class of Boundary Value Problems

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In many branches of applied mathematics there exists a class of problems which depend for their solution upon the integration of a set of simultaneous linear partial differential equations subject to certain boundary conditions. In all but the simplest cases it is not practicable to deal with these equations by standard methods. For problems involving infinite regions, solutions can often be found by the use of integral transforms. However, in many problems we are concerned with media of finite extent, so that if we are to make a direct application of this method, we shall have to use finite transforms, and under certain conditions these are much more difficult to apply than transforms over an infinite range.