Green's Function - Green's Functions For Solving Inhomogeneous Boundary Value Problems

Green's Functions For Solving Inhomogeneous Boundary Value Problems

The primary use of Green's functions in mathematics is to solve non-homogeneous boundary value problems. In modern theoretical physics, Green's functions are also usually used as propagators in Feynman diagrams (and the phrase Green's function is often used for any correlation function).

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