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Paper by A. Góngora-T. and E. Ley-Koo in Revista Mexicana de Física 42 (1996), with English and Spanish abstracts. It revisits Maxwell's image and spherical-harmonic solutions, which converge slowly, and builds the potential, electric field, surface charges and capacitance in bispherical harmonics. It checks series convergence for limiting cases such as a very small sphere, one sphere enclosing another, and the concentric-sphere result.
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Revi,taMexicanadeFísica42,No.•(1996)663-67.
Ontheevaluationofthecapacitanceofbispherical
capacitors
A.GÓNGORA-T. ANDE.LEY-Koo
InstitutodeFísica,Universidad NacionalAutónoma deMéxico
Apartadopostal20-364,01000México,D.F.,México
Recibido el6dediciembre de1994;aceptado el20defebrerode1996
ABSTRACT. Theelectrostatic fieldandthecapacitance ofspherical capacitors withconcentric
electrodes isstudiedintheintroductory physicscourses. Thestudyofthesameproblem when
theelectrodes arenotconcentric requiresahigherlevelofelectrical andmathematical knowledge.
Maxwell inhisTreatisesolvedtheproblem bythemethodofimagesandbyexpansions inspherical
harmonics, butbothsolutions presentslowconvergence difliculties. Inthispaperthesolution of
theproblem isconstructed byusingbispherical coordinates andshowing thatthecorresponding
expansionsinbisphericalharmonicshavenoconvergence difficulties.
RESUMEN. Elcampoelectrostático ylacapacitancia decondensadores esféricos conelectrodos
concéntricos seestudiaenloscursosintroductorios defísica.Elestudiodelmismoproblema cuando
loselectrodosnosonconcéntricos requierenivelesmásavanzadosdeconocimientos eléctricosy
matemáticos. Maxwell ensutratadoresolvióelproblema porelmétododeimágenes ypormedio
dedesarrollos enarmónicos esféricos, peroambassoluciones presentan dificultades deconvergencia
lenta.Enesteartículo lasolución delproblema seconstruye usandocoordenadas biesféricas y
mostrando quelosdesarrollos correspondientes enarmónicos biesféricos notienendificultades de
convergencia.
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1.INTRODUCTION
Theelectrostatic fieldandthecapacitance ofacharged conducting sphereisastandard
topicinthebeginning ofthestudyofelectricity [1-31.Thecorresponding properties fora
spherical capacitor withconcentric electrodes followimmediately asanapplication ofthe
previous resultsandthesuperposition principie [1-31.Theinquisitive readersmaywonder
whathappens tothefieldandthecapacitance whenthespherical electrodes areoffcenter.
Theirsearchforananswerintheabovereferences andeveninmoreadvanced textbooks
willverylikelyprovefrustrating. Inthispaperweprovide aguidetothefewreferences
ontheproblem andpresent ourownquantitative solution.
Maxwell studied theproblem oftwononintersecting spheres bythemethod ofimages
andbyexpansions inspherical harmonics centered ineachsphere, obtaining infinitese-
riesrepresentations forthecapacity coefficients [4).However, bothsolutions present slow
convergence difficulties astheiruseincurrent research ontheelectrostatic response of
bidimensional arrangements ofmicrospheres hasshown151.MoonandSpencer 16Jstudied
theproblem oftwoequalspheres usingbispherical coordinates, whileArfken[7]assignsthe
problem ofasphereandaplaneasanexercise intheapplication ofthesamecoordinates.
664 A.GÓNGORA-T. ANDE.LEy-Koo
Inthisworkthegeneralproblemofbisphericalcapacitorsisformulated andsolved.In
Sect.2weintroducethebispherical coordinates asthenaturalcoordinates todescribe
sucheapacitorsandtheireleetrostatie fields;theemphasisisinthegeometryanditmay
beassimilated bystudentsintheintermediate leve!.Section3givestheformalanalytic
treatmentoftheproblemconstructing theelectrostatic potentialfunctionusingtheGreen
functiontechnique[8]'andobtainingfromheretheelectricintensityfield,thechargedis-
tributionandtotalchargesontheelectrodes,andfinallythecapacitance ofthecapacitors.
Specialattentionispaidtotheanalysisoftheseriesrepresenting thecapacitance forthe
differentgeometrical configurations, inordertoexhibitthattherearenoconvergence dif-
ficulties.TheGreenfunctionandsornerelevantintegralsareexplieitlyconstructed inthe
Appendix.Advancedlevelknowledgeofelectrostatics andmathematics arerequiredtoap-
preciatethedifficultiesandfinepointsinthistreatment.Section4containsadiscussion
ofsornedetailsofdidacticinterest.
2.BISPllERICAL COORDINATES TODESCRIBE B1SPllERICAL CAPACITORS
Thebispherical coordinates arerelatedtothecartesiancoordinates throughtheequa-
tions[81
asin~cos'1'x=------cosh1)-cos~asin~sin'1'y=cosh1)-cos~asinh1)
z=------.cosh1)-cos~(1)
Thesurfaceswithfixedvaluesof~correspond tosurfacesofrevolutionaroundthez-axis
withmeridiancrosssectionsthatarecirculararcswitharadiusacsc~andcentersonthe
xy-planeadistanceacot~fromthez-axis;allthesesurfacesmeetat(x=O,Y=O,:1:a),
andincludetheexternalpartofthez-axis(x=O,Y=O,Izl>a)corresponding to~=O,
thesphereofradillsacenteredattheorigincorrespouding to~=;,andthecentralpart
ofthez-axis(x=O,Y=O,Izl<a)corresponding to~=1[.Thesurfaceswithfixedvalues
of1)correspond tospherescenteredat(x=O,Y=O,z=acoth1))andradiusalesch1)1;the
limitingpositions1)=:1:00correspond tothepoints(x=O,Y=O,z=:1:a),respectively,
and1)=Ocorresponds tothexy-plane.Thesurfaceswithfixedvaluesof'1'correspond to
thefamiliarmeridiallhalf-planes meetingatthez-axis.Thesecoordinates areillustrated
inFig.1.
Nowwecanpointouthowthebisphericalcoordinates canservetodescribetheeapac-
itorsundereonsideration. Anypairofsphericalelectrodeseanbedefinedthroughtheir
respectivesphericalcoordinates '11and1)2.Figure2illllstratesthreedifferentpossiblesit-
uations:a)onesphereinsideanother1)1>1)2>O,b)sphereandplane1)1>Oand1)2=O,
whichisexplicitlystudiedin[71;amIc)spheresoutsideeachother'11>Oand1)2<O,
wherethesituationoftwoequalspherescorresponds to'12=-1)1[61.Theintermediate
levelstudentshollldnothaveanydifficllltiesindetermining thevaluesofa,1)1andTJ2for
twospheresdefinedbytheirradiiandthedistancebetweentheircentersasinRef.[4].
Theorthogonality ofthebispherical coordinates canbeestablished byevaluatingthe
infinitesimal displacement fromEq.(1)andidentifying therespectivesealefactorsand
ONTHEEVALUATION OFTHECAPACITANCE OFBISPIIERICAL CAPACITORS 665
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FIGURE1.Meridiancrosssectionoíbisphericalcoordinates(~,'1,'1'):~=constantarecircular
aresmeeting at(x=O,Y=O,z=:f:aL1]=constant arecirc1eswithcenters 00thez-axis,and
'1'=constantarehalf-planesmeetingatthez-axis.
unitvectors:
h=h= u__
,"cosh'1-coseIusin~,-
'P-cosll1/-COS~(2)
(3)
~=(cosh'1cos~-1)(icos'i'+jsin'1')-ksinh1)sin~
cosh1)-cos~
-sinh1)sin~(icos'l'+jsin'i') -k(coshIICOS~ -1)
cosh11-cos~(4)
- .<j;=-isen'i'+jcos'1'.
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FIGURE2.MeridiancrosssectionsoCbisphericalcapacitors:a)onesphereinsideanother,b)sphere
andplaneandc)spheresoutsideeachother.
3.ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION OFELECTROSTATIC FIELD,SOURCES ANDCAPACITANCE
Theelectrostatic potentialfunctionmustsatisfytheLaplaceequation
{(cosh7]-cos03
a2sin{[8sin{88sin{8]
8{cosh7]-cos{8{+87]cosh7]-cos{87]
(cosh7]-COS0282}"'«)=O+2'2<82'P,,7],<P ,asm,'1'(5)
andalsotheboundaryconditionsattherespectiveelectrodes
</J({,7]=7]1,'1')=VI,
</J(C7]=1]2,'1')=V2=O.
Equation(5)isR-separable [9),havinggeneralsolutionsoftheform
00l
</J(C7],<p) =(coSh7]-COS01/2¿::¿::[AlmPF'(CoSO+BlmQl'(cosO]
I=Om=O(6)
(7)
Thepresenceofthesquare-root ofthebinomialfactoristhesignoCtheRseparability,
whichmakesthefulfillmentoftheboundaryconditionofEq.(6)anontrivialmatter.
ONTlIEEVALUATION OFTlIECAPACITANCE OFBISPlIERICAL CAPACITORS 667
ForthisreasonweresorttotheGreenfunctiontechniquetoconstructtheelectrostatic
potentialfunction[8]:
withDirichletboundaryconditions
Gn(f,f')ls=O,
1>(f)=-~ida'1>(f,)8Gn(f,f'),
4"ls 8n'(9)
(10)
(11)
wheren'isthedisplacement perpendicular totheboundarysurfaceS.TheGreenfunction
forthebisphericalcapacitorsisconstructedintheAppendix.Itsnormalderivativeatthe
sphere'11,Eq.(35),issubstitutedinEq.(11)toobtain
_VI 1/2~.¿....sinh[(l+~)('1-'12»)1>(C'1,'1')--(cosh'l-cosO~~Ylm(C '1').h[(l+1)(_)1
a 1=0m=-I sm2'11'12
l'1h1hed( h<p'drp'hYI:"((' '1")(cosh'11-cos()1/2.oo '1'
( )1/2~sinh[(l+~)('1-'12)1=VIcosh'l-cos(~----,'I~- __
1=0sinh[(l+2)('11-'12»)
]\'n()lo'd('sin('NIP£( cosel xIFIcos(------ __,
O(cosh'll-cos(')1/2(12)
wheretheexplicitformsofthescalefactors,Eqs.(3),havebecnused.Heretheintegration
overtheazimuthalangleselectsthetermswithm=Oonly,reflectingthesymmetry
ofthesystemunderrotationsaroundthez-axis,andNIisthenormalization factorof
theLegendrcpolynomials. ItisrecognizedthatEq.(12)isaspecialcaseofEq.(8),
satisfyingobviouslytheboundaryconditionofEq.(7).Theintegralover('isrepresented
asGI(cosh'1¡)andevaluatedintheAppcndix.Thefulfillmentoftheboundarycondition
ofEq.(6)isnotsoimrnediately obvious,butitcanbeverifiedasfollows:
lo,d('sinh('=1>((,'1='lI,rp)=VI(cosh'l¡-cosOI/2 (h )1/2LNIPI(cosONIPt(cos()
. OCOS'11-COS('£=0
lo,d('sinh('
=VI(cosh'11-cosOI/2 (h )1/2ó(cOS('-cosO=VI'(13)ocos'11-COS('
668 A.GÓNGORA-T. ANDE.LEY-Koo
Thesummation overecanbeidentified astherepresentation oftheDirac-delta function
thentheintegration canbedoneimmediately, andthecancellation ofthesquarerootof
thebinomialleads tothepotential ofEq.(6).Thesameresultcanbeestablished byusing
Eqs.(36)and(37)directly.
Theelectric intensity fieldisobtained bytakingthenegative gradient ofEq.(12):
E(~,TJ,cp)=-[~h:a{+iih:a,+'\:a,,]tI>(CTJ,cp)
=_V¡(cosh'1_COS03/2fC/(coshTJ¡)
a /=0sinh[(e+t)(TJI-'12)]
{~[N/dP/t;¡SO+2(COShs~n~ cosO'N/P/(cosO] sinh[(e+t)(TJ-'12)]
-[(e!)h[(e!)(_)]sinhTJSinh[(e+t)(TJ-TJ2))]+'1+2COS +2'1'12+2(h <)cos'1-cos,
xN/PI(COSO}. (14)
Itisobvious thatthedirection oftheelectric fieldlinesatthesphere1/2isthatofvector
iiperpendicular totheelectrode.Itisnotsoobvious, butthesameholdsatthesphere'11
asthefollowing examination ofthe~component oftheelectric intensity shows:
'1 00
-~ '1 3/2'"~.E(~,TJ=TJ1,CP) =--(coshTJ¡-cosO L..,C/(coshTJ¡)
a 1=0
[NdP/(coshO sin~ "P(<)] /----+ ------11(/ lcos~.~ 2(cosh'11-COSO
According toEq.(37)thesuminthesecondterminthisexpression is
.~C/(cosTJI)N/P/(cosO sin~SIn~L----'----'-------'--~ =--------,
/=02(cosh'11-COSO2(cosh'11-COS03/2
whilethesuminthefirsttermis(15)
(16)
00 dP/(cos{) d 1 sin( (17)"'c(coshTJ)N/-~~ --------- ---------L..,/1 d~-d~(cosh'11-COS{)1/2-2(cosh'11-cos03/2'/=0
andtheresultisthemutualcancellation ofbothsums.Therefore theelectric intensity at
thesphere'11hasonlyitsiicomponent perpendicular totheelectrode.
ONTHEEVALUATION OFTHECAPACITANCE OFBISPIIERICAL CAPACITORS 669
Theelectricchargedistribution ontheelectrodesisevaluatedbyusingGauss'law
appliedtoEq.(14)attherespectivespheres:
ThetotalchargesontheelectrodesareobtaincdbyintegratingEqs.(18)-(19)overthe
respectivespheres:
Q2=r(ha(e'1,",)h{d~h'i'd",1JoJo '1;112
V¡27ra2 f:(l+!)C/(coshr¡¡) r~sin~N/P/(cosO
=-41Ta /=osinh[(l+ !)(r¡¡-'72)]Jo(COShr¡2-COSOI/2'
=_V¡af:(l+!)C/(coshr¡¡)C/(cosh'12)
2/=0sinh[(l+!)(r¡l-'12)]
Q¡=r(ha(~,r¡,,,,)h{ h'i'~d",1JoJo f7=TJ1
_V1a~ C/(coshr¡¡)
- L ¡
2/=0sinh[(l+2)(1)1-'12)]
{(l+!)COSh[(l+!)(r¡l -'12)1rd~sin~N/P/(cosO
22Jo(coshr¡¡-cos01/2
.hl(l1)()]lo'd~sinh~N/P/( cosOsinhr¡¡}+SIn+-r¡¡-'12 ---------
2 o2(cosh'11-COS01/2
V¡a~ C/(coshr¡¡) {I 1
=-2L.h[l1)()J(l+2)cosh[(l+2)('11-r¡2)]C/(coshr¡¡)l=OSIn(+'i'11-'12
.h[(l1)()1dC/(cosh r¡¡)}-SIn+2'11-'12 d .
'11(20)
(21)
670 A.GÓNGORA-T. ANDE.LEy-Koo
Inthelastlinetheintegralsover~areidentifiedwithC/(cosh1)¡)anditsderivativeby
usingEg.(36).PhysicallythemagnitudesofthechargesinEgs.(20)and(21)areexpected
tobeegua!.Theadvancedlevelstudentsmayprovethattheexpressioninsidethecurly
bracketsisinfactC/(cosh1)2).
ThecapacitanceofthebisphericalcapacitorfollowsfromeitherEgs.(20),(21),
a00
C=-¿)e+!)C/(cosh1)1)C/(cosh1)2)csch[(l+!)(1)1-1/2)1.
2/=0(22)
Itisinstructivetoanalyzetheconvergence oftheseriesinEg.(22)forsorneparticular
cases.
a)1£oneofthesphereshasaverysmallradius,say1)1-00,Eg.(38)indicatesthat
thesummationinEg.(22)containsonlythee=oterm,andthecapacitance is
reducedto
(23)
b)1£theotherspherealsohasasmallradiusandenelosesthefirstone1)2-00,with
1)2:s:1)1
2ae-ry,/2e-'I2/2
e=~_ll..=.12.
e2-e22a
e711-e'1J21
[ 1
acsch'71-acschrn1=---.!._.1.'TI r2(24)
reproducing thewcll-knownresultofconcentricspheres[1-3].
c)1£oneofthesphereshasaverylargeradiussay1)2-0+,Eg.(39)indicatesthat
thesummationinEg.(22)willhavetoineludemanyterms,
buttheserieswillconvergefairlyrapidlybecausethefactorC/(cosh1)[)hasavalue
smallerthanthatofEg.(39),andthehyperboliccosecantfactorwilldecrease
exponentially aseincreases.Obviously,thecaseofFig.2bwith1)2=Oisa
particularcaseofEg.(25).
d)Theparallelplatecapacitorcorresponds tothelimit1)1=-1)2-O,
00
C=aLcsch[(2l+1)1)1],
/=0(26)
withaninfinitecapacityduetotheinfinitcarea.
e)Thecaseofspheresexternaltoeachothcrdoesnotpresentanyconvcrgence
problembecausethehyperboliccosecantfactorinEg.(22)willexponentially
decreasewithemorerapidlythaninEq.(25).
ONTHEEVALUATION OFTHECAPACITANCE OFBlSPHERICAL CAPACITORS 671
4.DISCUSSION
Theelectrostatic fieldforbispherical capacitorshasbeendescribedinbispherical coor-
dinates,throughitselectrostatic potentialfllnetion,Eqs.(12)and(36),anditselectrie
intensityfield,Eq.(14).Theehargedistributions andtotalehargesontheeleetrodes,
Eqs.(18)-(19),and(20)-(21),respectively, andtheeapacitance, Eq.(22),werealsooh-
tained.AHthesequantitiesaregivenassllperpositions ofaninfinitenumberofbispherieal
harmonieeontriblltions. ThereasonbehindthisinfinitenumberistheR-separability of
theLaplaeeequation,Eqs.(5)and(8).Theeonvergenee oftheseriesfortheeapaci-
tanee,Eq.(22),wasalsoexplicitlyanalyzedanditsnumeriealimplementation forspeeific
spheresshouldnotmeetwithanydifficulties. Thiseanbeeontrastedwiththedifficlllties
ofMaxweH'ssolutionsmentionedintheIntroduetion [4,5].Sornereadersmayrecognize
thesimilarityanddifferencesofthisproblemandthoseofthetoroidalandspherieal-eap
eleetrodeeapaeitors[10,11J;itisveryinstruetive toreadthesepapersinsuecessionin
ordertoappreciatetheirrelationships andpeculiarities. Fromthedidaeticpointofview
thesllggestedorderforseniorundergraduate orgraduatestudentsistostartwiththe
presentpaperandfoHowwiththeothertwo,onaeeountoftheclosenessinformofthe
bispherical harmoniestothefamiliarsphericalharmonics, andtheincreasingremoteness
ofthetoroidalandspheriealeapharmonics.
ApPENDIX
Theeonstruetion oftheGreenfunetionrequiresthesolutionofEq.(9)inbispherieal
eoordinates, forwhiehtheLaplacianhastheexplieitformofEq.(5),andtheDirae-delta
funetioniswrittenas
(27)
Hereweusetheeompleteness ofthebi-spherieal harmonicsintheangles({,'{!)torepresent
theeorresponding Dirae-delta functions.
TheDirichletboundaryeonditionontheGreenfunetion,Eq.(10),takestheexplieit
form
Co({,r¡=r¡¡,<P;{',11',<P') =O,Co(Cr¡=112,<p;{','1',<p')=O. (28)
ThecombinedanalysisofEqs.(9)and(5)withtheexplicitformsofEqs.(8)and(27)
suggeststheharmonicexpansionoftheGreenfunetion,
Co(C'1,<p;(','1',<p')=(cosh'1'-eos(')1/2(cosl171-eos01/2
00 t
XLLYt:,,({', <p')Ytm({, <p)9t(11, '1'), (29)
(=-0m:-t
672 A.GÓNGORA-T. ANDE.LEY-Koo
wherewehavealsoincorporated thesymmetryundertheexchangeofthefield-pointand
thesource-point, and
gt(r¡,r¡')=Atsinh[(f+t)(r¡¡-r¡»]sinh[(f+t)(r¡<-r¡z)J, (30)
guaranteeing thattheboundaryconditionsofEq.(28)aresatisfied,andthattheGreen
functioniscontinuous atr¡=r¡'.Thereremainstodeterminethecoefficients At.Thisis
accomplished bysubstitution ofEqs.(27)and(29)-(30)intheexplicitformofEq.(9),
makinguseoftheR-separability oftheLaplaceequation,andofthelinearindependence
ofthebispherical harmonics, toobtain
[d2 12],411"(,--(f+-)gt(r¡,r¡)=--{)r¡-r¡).dr¡2 2 a(31)
Theintegration ofthisequationleadsintumtothediscontinuity inther¡-derivatives of
theGreenfunction
411"
a(32)
UseoftheexplicitformofEq.(30)givesthevalueofthecoefficients,
411"
At=a(f+t)sinh[(f+ t)(r¡¡-r¡2)]'
TheexplicitformoftheGreenfunction,Eqs.(29)-(30),becomes
GD((,'1,'1';(,r¡','1")=411"(coshr¡'-COS()1/2(coshr¡ -coS01/2
a
00 t
XLLYt:"((,<p')Ytm((, '1')
l=Om=-l(33)
xsinh[(f+t)(r¡¡-r¡»]sinh[(f+t)(r¡<-r¡z)] (34)
(f+t)sinh[(f+t)(r¡¡-r¡2)]
Theconstruction oftheelectrostatic potentialfunctionrequiresthenormalderivativeat
thesphericalelectrode'11:
1DGol---
h,D'fJTJ11'=111=_1_411"(coshr¡_COS01/2
h1]'a
00t•,, sinh[(f+t)(r¡-r¡2)]
LLYtm(C<p )Ytm((,'1').h[(f+!)(-)]/=0m;-t SID2r¡¡r¡2
ONTHEEVALllATION OFTHECAPACITANCE OFB1SPIIERICAL CAPACITORS 673
(35)
(36){-(COShTi'-COS()I/2cosh[(£+~)(r¡1-r¡')j
+11(COShr¡'-COS()-1/2Sinhr¡'Sinh[(£+~)(r¡I-r¡')1}
2(£+2) ~'=~l
=__1_411"(coshr¡_coSOI/2
h~,a
001" sinh[(£+~)(r¡-TJ2)]
~nE/I:"(( ,<p)Ylm((,<p)sinh[(£+~)(r¡1-r¡2)]
x(coshr¡¡-cos()1/2
TheintegralappearinginEq.(12),
lo,df,'sineNIPI(cosh(')-------- =GI(coshr¡¡)o(coshr¡1-cosf)I/2
1(h)1+1F(1113.£3.h2)=21NIsecr¡12212+"2+" +2,secr¡1,
canbeinterpreted asthecoefficients intheLegendrepolynomial expansionoftheinverse
ofthesquarerootofthebinomial,
1
(coshr¡1-cos(')1/200
=l:GI(coshr¡¡)NIPI( cose)l=O
_~"n( )1(h)l+lF(1 113.£3.h2)-~1YlrtCOS( INsecr¡l2212+"2+" +2,secr¡1'1=0 2l
(37)
Theexplicitformofthisexpansioncanbeobtainedbyusingsuccessively thebinomial
expansion,expressingthepowersofcoseasalinearcombination ofLegendrepolynomials,
exchanging theorderofthesummations andidentifyingoneofthemasthehypergeometric
function2Fl'Obviously,theexplicitformoftheintegralinEq.(36)iswrittenbyreading
itofffromEq.(37).
ThenumericalvaluesoftheGI(coshr¡)functionsvarymonotonically between
and
()1-1(11l3.3.)_2Glcosh71 -2lN2F¡2"+4'2+,,£+2,1-v'U+T"~ol 2l+1
whentheradiusgoesfromzerotoinfinity.(39)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thewritingofthispaperhadbeencontemplated forthefuturebytheauthors.However,
thepresentation oftheworkonthespherical-cap-electrode capacitors[11)attheCanadian-
American-Mexican PhysicsMeeting,motivatedthewritingatthepresenttime.\Vethank
Dr.JorgeJoséofNortheastern UniversityforlettingliSknowabontthecurrentinterest
intheproblemandforRefs.[4,6].
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