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Equating the coefficients of to zero in equations (2) and (3) we have

inside the sphere,

with similar equations for and ; outside the sphere we have

(4)

with similar equations for and .

The form of equation (4) suggests that we should put

A particular integral of (4) is then

The complementary function is that solution of the differential equation

which, when considered as a function of the angular coordinates of a point, varies as ; this (see Proc. Math. Soc. vol. xv. p. 212) is

where

and

Thus, outside the sphere,

where , and is introduced into the expression