Helmholtz equation
= Helmholtz equation
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The Helmholtz equation is the constant-coefficient elliptic equation
$$
\Delta u+k^2u=0.
$$
On a bounded domain, nonzero Dirichlet solutions occur when $k^2$ is an eigenvalue of the negative Laplacian.