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wave number.

Cartesian coordinates

: .

Cylindrical coordinates

: .

where the asymptotic approximations to the Hankel functions, when , are

:

:.

Spherical coordinates

: .

Depending on the chosen Fourier convention, one of these represents an outward travelling wave and the other a nonphysical inward travelling wave. The inward travelling solution wave is only nonphysical because

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