Shorthand for $3$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^3$ used as the spatial domain for the wave equation.
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Predicate stating that $u : \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}$ is a $C^2$ solution of the $3$-dimensional wave equation $-\partial_t^2 u + \Delta u = 0$.
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Conversion from spherical coordinates $(\theta, \varphi)$ on the unit sphere $S^2 \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ to Cartesian coordinates $(\sin\theta\cos\varphi, \sin\theta\sin\varphi, \cos\theta)$.
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The spherical mean of $h : \mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}$ over the sphere $\partial B_r(x)$ of radius $r$ centred at $x$, defined via the spherical parametrization $\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_0^\pi\!\!\int_0^{2\pi} h(x + r\,\omega(\theta,\varphi))\sin\theta\,d\varphi\,d\theta$.
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The spherical mean over a sphere of radius zero equals the value at the centre: $\mathrm{SphericalMean}\,h\,x\,0 = h(x)$.
The spherical-to-Cartesian map (viewed as a function of an outer parameter and the angles $(\theta, \varphi)$) is continuous.
If $h$ is continuous, then $r \mapsto \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,h\,x\,r$ is continuous in the radius $r$.
Definitional unfolding of SphericalMean as a parametric integral in spherical
coordinates. Used to expose the integral form after the definition is marked irreducible.
Leibniz / differentiation-under-the-integral for the second time derivative: the iterated derivative of order $2$ commutes with the spherical integral.
Smoothness of the spherical-coordinate integral in the time parameter $s'$: the map $s' \mapsto \int_{S^2} u(s', x + r\omega)\,d\sigma(\omega)$ is $C^2$.
The second time derivative passes inside the spherical mean: $\partial_t^2 \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x, r) = \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\partial_t^2 u(t,\cdot))(x, r)$.
For a wave solution $u$, the spherical mean $s' \mapsto \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(s',\cdot))(x,r)$ is differentiable at every time $s$.
The first time derivative of the spherical mean is itself differentiable in time when $u$ is a $C^2$ wave solution.
Fréchet-derivative form of differentiation under the spherical mean in time: $\partial_t \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x,r) = \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\partial_t u(t,\cdot))(x,r)$.
For a $C^2$ function $f$, the spherical mean $\rho \mapsto \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,f\,x\,\rho$ has a derivative at every positive radius $r$.
Packaged Leibniz statement for second time derivatives of the spherical mean: $\mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(\cdot,\cdot))$ is twice differentiable in $t$ and the second derivative commutes with the spherical mean.
For a wave solution $u$, the spherical mean $\rho \mapsto \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x, \rho)$ is $C^2$ as a function of the radius.
Darboux-type identity (via divergence theorem and the coarea formula): $r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\Delta f)(x, r) = r M_f''(r) + 2 M_f'(r)$, where $M_f(r) = \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,f\,x\,r$.
Specialisation of the Darboux identity to a slice $u(t, \cdot)$ of a wave solution.
Compact form of the Darboux identity, rewriting the right-hand side as $\partial_\rho^2(\rho \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x,\rho))$.
Decomposition relating the spherical mean of the Laplacian of $u(t,\cdot)$ to the radial second derivative of the spherical mean (expanded version).
Equivalent compact form of the Darboux identity for $u(t,\cdot)$.
The Darboux identity rewritten with the second radial derivative expressed via fderiv:
$r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\Delta u(t,\cdot))(x,r) = \partial_\rho^2(\rho \cdot M(\rho))|_{\rho=r}$.
The second time derivative commutes with multiplication by $r$ and with the spherical mean: $\partial_t^2 (r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(\cdot,\cdot))(x,r)) = r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\partial_t^2 u(\cdot,\cdot))(x,r)$.
Restates the Darboux identity in fderiv notation, identifying the spherical
mean of the Laplacian with a radial second-derivative expression.
Key reduction: $w(t,r) := r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x,r)$ satisfies the $1+1$-dimensional wave equation $\partial_t^2 w = \partial_r^2 w$.
Initial time derivative of $t \mapsto r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x,r)$ at $t=0$ equals $r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(\partial_t u(0,\cdot))(x,r)$.
For a continuous $h$, the spherical mean tends to the centre value as the radius shrinks to $0^+$: $\lim_{r \to 0^+} \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,h\,x\,r = h(x)$.
D'Alembert-style formula for the wave equation on the half-line $\{r \ge 0\}$ with Dirichlet boundary $w(t,0) = 0$, vanishing odd-extended initial data $F, G$ with $F(0) = G(0) = 0$. For $r \le t$, $w(t, r) = \tfrac12(F(r+t) - F(t-r)) + \tfrac12 \int_{t-r}^{r+t} G(\rho)\,d\rho$.
The "tilde" initial position: $\tilde F(r, x) := r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(f)(x, r)$, the spatial profile of the auxiliary $1+1$-dimensional wave problem associated with $u$.
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The "tilde" initial velocity: $\tilde G(r, x) := r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(g)(x, r)$.
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The surface integral equals the area of the sphere times the spherical mean: $\int_{\partial B_r(x)} h\,d\sigma = 4\pi r^2 \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,h\,x\,r$.
The integral of the outward normal derivative is $4\pi t^2$ times the radial derivative of the spherical mean.
Product-rule derivative of $\tilde F$: at $t > 0$, $\frac{d}{dr}\big(r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,f\,x\,r\big)\big|_{r=t} = \mathrm{SphericalMean}\,f\,x\,t + t \cdot \partial_r\mathrm{SphericalMean}\,f\,x\,t$.
The symmetric difference quotient $(f(t+h) - f(t-h))/(2h)$ tends to the derivative $f'(t)$ as $h \to 0^+$, provided $f$ has a derivative $d$ at $t$.
For a continuous $g$, the integral average over a shrinking symmetric interval $\frac{1}{2h}\int_{t-h}^{t+h} g(\rho)\,d\rho$ tends to $g(t)$ as $h \to 0^+$.
The spherical-to-Cartesian map $(\theta, \varphi) \mapsto \omega(\theta, \varphi)$ is $C^\infty$ smooth.
If $F(x, \theta, \varphi)$ is jointly $C^n$ in all three arguments, then the parametric spherical integral $x \mapsto \int_0^\pi\!\!\int_0^{2\pi} F(x, \theta, \varphi)\,d\varphi\,d\theta$ is also $C^n$.
Joint $C^2$ smoothness in $(t, r)$ of $(t, r) \mapsto \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x, r)$ when $u$ is a $C^2$ wave solution.
$\tilde F(\cdot, x)$ is $C^2$ in the radial variable, using $f \in C^3$.
$\tilde G(\cdot, x)$ is $C^1$ in the radial variable, using $g \in C^2$.
Taking $r \to 0^+$ in the d'Alembert formula for the auxiliary $1+1$-dimensional problem recovers $u(t, x)$: $u(t, x) = \partial_r \tilde F(t, x) + \tilde G(t, x)$.
Restatement of limit_sphericalMean_dalembert: $u(t, x) = \partial_r \tilde F(t, x) + \tilde G(t, x)$.
Differentiation under the integral sign yields the two surface-integral terms appearing in Kirchhoff's formula: $\partial_r \tilde F(t, x) = \frac{1}{4\pi t^2}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} f,d\sigma
- \frac{1}{4\pi t}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} \nabla_{\hat N} f,d\sigma$.
$\tilde G(t, x) = \frac{1}{4\pi t}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} g\,d\sigma$, the last term of Kirchhoff's formula.
Kirchhoff's formula (Class Meeting #12, Theorem 1.1). The unique $C^2$ solution of the $3$-dimensional Cauchy problem $-\partial_t^2 u + \Delta u = 0$, $u(0,x) = f(x)$, $\partial_t u(0,x) = g(x)$ admits the representation $u(t, x) = \frac{1}{4\pi t^2}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} f,d\sigma
- \frac{1}{4\pi t}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} \nabla_{\hat N} f,d\sigma
- \frac{1}{4\pi t}\int_{\partial B_t(x)} g,d\sigma$ for $t > 0$.
The weighted spherical average $\tilde A(t, r) := r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x, r)$ solves the $1+1$-dimensional wave equation $\partial_t^2 \tilde A = \partial_r^2 \tilde A$.
Initial position of the weighted spherical average: $\tilde A(0, r, x) = \tilde F(r, x)$.
Initial velocity of the weighted spherical average: $\partial_t \tilde A(0, r, x) = \tilde G(r, x)$.
The map $(t, r) \mapsto \tilde A(t, r, x) = r \cdot \mathrm{SphericalMean}(u(t,\cdot))(x, r)$ is $C^2$.
The weighted spherical average $\tilde A$ satisfies the $1+1$-dimensional wave
equation $\partial_t^2 \tilde A = \partial_r^2 \tilde A$ (stated in deriv form).
At time $t = 0$, the weighted spherical average has time derivative equal to $\tilde G(r, x)$.
D'Alembert representation for the weighted spherical average: for $0 \le r \le t$, $\tilde A(t, r, x) = \tfrac12(\tilde F(r+t, x) - \tilde F(t-r, x)) + \tfrac12 \int_{t-r}^{r+t} \tilde G(\rho, x)\,d\rho$.
Corollary 1.0.2: explicit d'Alembert representation for the weighted spherical average $\tilde A(t, r, x)$ in terms of the initial data $\tilde F$ and $\tilde G$.
The Minkowski inner product is symmetric: $m(X, Y) = m(Y, X)$.
Corollary 2.1.1 (timelike case): Lorentz transformations preserve timelike vectors.
Corollary 2.1.1 (spacelike case): Lorentz transformations preserve spacelike vectors.
A null frame on $\mathbb{R}^{1+n}$ (Definition 2.2.1):
a basis $\{L, \underline L, e_{(1)}, \dots, e_{(n-1)}\}$ where $L, \underline L$ are null
with $m(L, \underline L) = -2$, and the $e_{(i)}$ are $m$-orthonormal vectors $m$-orthogonal
to both $L$ and $\underline L$. The completeness field records the resulting expansion
$X = -\tfrac12 m(\underline L, X) L - \tfrac12 m(L, X)\underline L + \sum_i m(e_{(i)}, X) e_{(i)}$.
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The angular metric $h(X, Y) := \sum_i m(e_{(i)}, X) m(e_{(i)}, Y)$ associated with a null frame; it is positive-definite on the $m$-orthogonal complement of $\mathrm{span}(L, \underline L)$ and vanishes on $\mathrm{span}(L, \underline L)$.
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Proposition 2.2.1 (null-frame decomposition of $m$): $m(X, Y) = -\tfrac12 m(L, X) m(\underline L, Y) - \tfrac12 m(\underline L, X) m(L, Y) + h(X, Y)$ where $h$ is the angular metric of the null frame.
The angular metric is positive-definite on the $m$-orthogonal complement of $\mathrm{span}(L, \underline L)$: if $X \ne 0$ with $m(L, X) = m(\underline L, X) = 0$, then $h(X, X) > 0$.
The Minkowski metric is an involution: $m \cdot m = I$.
The Minkowski metric is its own inverse: $m^{-1} = m$.
"Index-raising cancellation": $m(V, m \cdot W) = V \cdot W$ (Euclidean dot product).
Proposition 2.2.1 (raised-index version): the inverse Minkowski metric admits the null-frame decomposition $(m^{-1})^{\mu\nu} = -\tfrac12 L^\mu \underline L^\nu - \tfrac12 \underline L^\mu L^\nu + \sum_i e_{(i)}^\mu e_{(i)}^\nu$.