Newtonian potential (volume integral)

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the potential-theory subtree

Poisson 1813: u(x) = (1/(4pi)) integral rho(y)/|x-y| dy gives potential from mass-distribution; -Delta u = rho; basis of gravitational + electrostatic potential theory.

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