Using a uniqueness theorem and showing that a potential satisfies Laplace's equation ( second derivative of " V " should be zero i . e . in free space ) and the potential has the correct values at the boundaries, the potential is then uniquely defined.
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The validity of the method of image charges rests upon a corollary of the uniqueness theorem, which states that the electric potential in a volume " V " is uniquely determined if both the charge density throughout the region and the value of V on all boundaries are specified.
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A converse to this theorem is given by Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem, according to which a metric space that is locally Euclidean except for a finite number of points of positive angular defect, adding to 4?, can be realized in a unique way as the surface of a convex polyhedron.
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Another reason follows from what are called black-hole uniqueness theorems : over time, black holes retain only a minimal set of distinguishing features ( these theorems have become known as " no-hair " theorems, since different hairstyles are a crucial part of what gives different people their different appearances ).
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With W . Dai, C . He and D . Kong, Liu introduced dissipative hyperbolic geometric flow and Hyperbolic mean curvature flow, established the short-time existence and uniqueness theorem for them, and discuss the relation between the equations for hyperbolic mean curvature flow and the equations for extremal surfaces in the Minkowski spacetime.
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Important applications of phase retrieval include X-ray crystallography, transmission electron microscopy and coherent diffractive imaging, for which M = 2 . ( Fienup 1982 : 2759 ) Uniqueness theorems for both 1-D and 2-D cases of the phase retrieval problem, including the phaseless 1-D inverse scattering problem, were proved by Klibanov and his collaborators ( see References ).
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At rhumb line and Great-circle distance, we see a sentence like : " A great circle arc is, together with the rhumb line and the isoazimuthal, one of the three lines that can be drawn between any two points on the earth's surface . " The language is vague but suggests some uniqueness theorem-that these three types of arcs are unique with respect to some properties.