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Generalization of $\delta(g(x)) = \sum_i \frac{\delta(x-x_i)}{|g'(x_i)|}$. Examples?

I've taken the following from Wikipedia Dirac Composition $\delta(g(x)) = \frac{\delta(x-x_0)}{|g'(x_0)|}$ It is natural therefore to define the composition $δ(g(x))$ for continuously ...
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Delta function and integrating over level sets?

Consider the three-dimensional integral $$ \int_{\mathbb R^3} d^3x\,f(x)\delta(g(x)) $$ where $\delta$ is the dirac delta, $f,b:\mathbb R^3\to\mathbb R$ and $g(x) = 0$ on some surface $S$. Is there ...
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Justification of use of delta functions/rigorous proof of Green's function for Poisson equation

I'm looking at the proofs of Helmholtz's theorem, but I'm having trouble justifying their interchange of integration and differentiation and subsequent treatment of the "integrand" as a delta ...
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Property of derivative of Dirac delta function in $\mathbb{R}^n$

With reference to Property of Dirac delta function in $\mathbb{R}^n$, is there a similar formula for $\langle g^*\delta', f \rangle$ (or even $\langle g^*\delta^{(n)}, f \rangle$)? By similar I mean a ...
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Integration methods for functions with Delta distributions

Which Monte-Carlo methods are available for computing a multidimensional integral with Delta distributions (in case one cannot sample them explicitly)? PS: I also asked a similar question at ...
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Property of Dirac delta function in $\mathbb{R}^n$

How does one prove the following identity? $$\int _Vf(\pmb{r})\delta (g(\pmb{r}))d\pmb{r}=\int _S\frac{f(\pmb{r})}{|\text{grad} g(\pmb{r})|}d\sigma$$ where $S$ is the surface inside $V$ where ...