Inverse-square radial point source
ID: inverse-square-radial-point-source
The inverse-square radial vector field has zero ordinary divergence at every nonzero radius but flux through every centred sphere. It is locally integrable in three dimensions. For a smooth compactly supported test function , integrate by parts outside a ball of radius . The inward-oriented inner boundary gives , which tends to . This proves the displayed distributional divergence, with the three-dimensional Dirac delta function representing the point source.
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