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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[n-order perturbative solution of the inhomogeneous wave equation]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Yépez-Martínez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Porta]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Física]]></institution>
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<volume>54</volume>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[La solución exacta de la ecuación de onda inhomogénea en una dimensión, cuando el cuadrado de la velocidad es una función lineal de la posición, puede escribirse en términos de las funciones Bessel de primera especie. Usamos esta solución como la aproximación de orden cero de un desarrollo perturbativo y lo aplicamos al caso cuando el cuadrado de la velocidad puede escribirse como un polinomio de grado n. Obtuvimos explícitamente las perturbaciones de primer y segundo orden correspondientes a los términos cuadráticos y cúbicos para el cuadrado de la velocidad. También se encontró una expresión cerrada para la corrección a orden n en terminos de integrales de funciones Bessel de primera especie; esta puede resolverse analíticamente para el primer y segundo orden y numéricamente para ordenes superiores]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Inhomogeneous media]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medios inhomogéneos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[teoría de perturbaciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[propagación de ondas]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Ense&ntilde;anza</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>n&#150;order perturbative solution of the inhomogeneous wave equation</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>H. Y&eacute;pez&#150;Mart&iacute;nez&ordf;, A. Porta<sup>b</sup> and E. Y&eacute;pez<sup>b</sup></b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>&ordf; Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de la Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Prolongaci&oacute;n San Isidro 151, Col. San Lorenzo Tezonco, Del. Iztapalapa, 09790 M&eacute;xico D.F., Mexico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup>b</sup> Departamento de F&iacute;sica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Apartado Postal 70&#150;543, M&eacute;xico 04510 D.F</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 11 de diciembre de 2007    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br> Aceptado el 4 de julio de 2008</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">The exact solution of the inhomogeneous wave equation in one dimension, when the square of the velocity is a linear function of the position, can be written in terms of Bessel functions of the first kind. We use this solution as the zero order approximation for a perturbation expansion and apply it to the case when the square of the velocity can be written as a polynomial in the position. The first and second order perturbation terms, corresponding to quadratic and cubic terms for the square of the velocity, are obtained. A closed formula for the n&#150;order correction in terms of integrals of the Bessel functions of the first kind was also explicitly obtained, this expression can be solved analytically for the first and second order corrections and numerically for higher terms.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Inhomogeneous media; perturbation theory; wave propagation.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">La soluci&oacute;n exacta de la ecuaci&oacute;n de onda inhomog&eacute;nea en una dimensi&oacute;n, cuando el cuadrado de la velocidad es una funci&oacute;n lineal de la posici&oacute;n, puede escribirse en t&eacute;rminos de las funciones Bessel de primera especie. Usamos esta soluci&oacute;n como la aproximaci&oacute;n de orden cero de un desarrollo perturbativo y lo aplicamos al caso cuando el cuadrado de la velocidad puede escribirse como un polinomio de grado <i>n. </i>Obtuvimos expl&iacute;citamente las perturbaciones de primer y segundo orden correspondientes a los t&eacute;rminos cuadr&aacute;ticos y c&uacute;bicos para el cuadrado de la velocidad. Tambi&eacute;n se encontr&oacute; una expresi&oacute;n cerrada para la correcci&oacute;n a orden <i>n </i>en terminos de integrales de funciones Bessel de primera especie; esta puede resolverse anal&iacute;ticamente para el primer y segundo orden y num&eacute;ricamente para ordenes superiores.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Medios inhomog&eacute;neos; teor&iacute;a de perturbaciones; propagaci&oacute;n de ondas.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
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