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In this paper it is confirmed once more that there exists the general solution of Laplace's equation in ellipsoidal coordinates which satisfies the Stäckel theorem and which was derived earlier by M. Jarov-Jarovoi and S. J. Madden.
The author interprets physically the general solution in real space as potentials of layers of charge and double layers in which the distribution of densities is defined by Green's formula.
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Burstein, E.I. One of the solutions for the Laplace equation and its physical interpretation. Celestial Mechanics 11, 79–94 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228738
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228738