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Unusual situations that arise with the Dirac delta function and its derivative

Abstract

There is a situation such that, when a function ƒ() is combined with the Dirac delta function δ(), the usual formula does not hold. A similar situation may also be encountered with the derivative of the delta function δ'(), regarding the validity of . We present an overview of such unusual situations and elucidate their underlying mechanisms. We discuss implications of the situations regarding the transmission-reflection problem of …

Authors

Coutinho FAB; Nogami Y; Toyama FM

Journal

Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 4302–4308

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Publication Date

12 2009

DOI

10.1590/s1806-11172009000400004

ISSN

1806-1117