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On an integral equation arising in the theory of neutron streaming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. M. R. Williams
Affiliation:
Nuclear Engineering Department, Queen Mary College, University of London

Abstract

It is shown that a singular integral equation, arising in the theory of neutron streaming in cylindrical channels, can be solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique. The singular equation is converted into a non-singular Fredholm one, which may be solved very simply by finite difference methods and matrix inversion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1968

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