Petrovsky lacuna

Petrovsky lacunas are similar to the spaces between shock waves of a supersonic object.

In mathematics, a Petrovsky lacuna, named for the Russian mathematician I. G. Petrovsky, is a region where the fundamental solution of a linear hyperbolic partial differential equation vanishes. They were studied by Petrovsky (1945) who found topological conditions for their existence.

Petrovsky's work was generalized and updated by Atiyah, Bott, and GÃ¥rding (1970, 1973).

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