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Four-dimensional reflection groups and electrostatics

Authors :
Yuri Styrkas
Steven Glenn Jackson
Vanja Dunjko
Maxim Olshanii
Dmitry Yampolsky
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We present a new class of electrostatics problems that are exactly solvable by adding finitely many image charges. Given a charge at some location inside a cavity bounded by up to four conducting grounded segments of spheres: if the spheres have a symmetry derived via a stereographic projection from a 4D finite reflection group, then this is a solvable generalization of the familiar problem of a charge inside a spherical cavity. There are 19 three-parametric families of finite groups formed by inversions relative to at most four spheres, each member of each family giving a solvable problem. We solve a sample problem which derives from the reflection group $\mathbf{D}_{4}$ and requires 191 image charges.<br />26 pages, 6 figures Submitted to Foundations of Physics

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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