 Distributional bilaplacian of the radial coordinate in three dimensions (source code)

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= Distributional bilaplacian of the radial coordinate in three dimensions
{title2=$-\Delta^2|x|=8\pi\delta_0$}

In three dimensions, $\Delta|x|=2/|x|$ away from the origin and $-\Delta(1/|x|)=4\pi\delta_0$. Hence $-\Delta^2|x|=8\pi\delta_0$ as a distribution.

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