Examples of Heun and Mathieu functions as solutions of wave equations in curved spaces

Jul, 2006
14 pages
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  • J.Phys.A 40 (2007) 1105-1116,
  • J.Phys.A 40 (2007) 11203
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We give examples where the Heun function exists in general relativity. It turns out that while a wave equation written in the background of certain metric yields Mathieu functions as its solutions in four space-time dimensions, the trivial generalization to five dimensions results in the double confluent Heun function. We reduce this solution to the Mathieu function with some transformations.
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  • 18 pages, Minor improvements, references added Subj-class: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 (2007) 1105 - 1116