Abstract

Potential theory employs the Fourier integral [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text]. Bhattacharyya (1966) obtained the value [Formula: see text] with the use of Bessel functions; the same argument has been repeated often in the geophysical literature (see Courant, 1961; Fuller, 1971; Lourenço, 1972; Gunn, 1975; Weil, 1976; Nabighian, 1984). The following alternative, short derivation involves only elementary functions and may, therefore, be of interest.

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