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Where the General Solution Can Be Written As An Infinite Sum Of Radial Power Law Functions In Combination With Polar Angle Legendre Polynomial.

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The solution demonstrates that different representations of the laplace equation for electrostatic potential are the same as well as discussing the legendre polynomial.

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