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22.—The Linear Transport Equation. The Degenerate Case c = 1. I. Full-range Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

C. G. Lekkerkerker
C. G. Lekkerkerker
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Amsterdam
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Synopsis

The aim of this paper is to give a functional analytic treatment of the homogeneous and inhomogeneous linear transport equation in the case that the parameter c occurring in that equation equals 1. The larger part of the paper is devoted to the study of a certain operator T−1 A in the space L2(– 1, 1). A peculiarity not arising in the case c < 1 (treated amongst others by Hangelbroek) is that, for c = 1, the operator T−1A has a double eigenvalue 0 and that it is no longer hermitian. The Spectral Theorem is used to diagonalise the operator as far as possible, and full-range and half-range formulae are derived. The results are applied inter alia to give a new treatment of the Milne problem concerning the propagation of light in a stellar atmosphere.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , 1976 , pp. 259 - 282
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1976

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