[en] The exact transfer matrix approach used in studying sectionally constant potentials in one dimension is generalized to cylindrical and spherical geometries, where the potential depends only on radius. In each geometry two transfer matrices suffice to completely describe the wave function: one for handling a discontinuity in potential and one for handling a delta-function potential barrier. This method is then applied to the problem of confining a wave function in a cylindrical configuration using only a series of carefully placed delta function potential barriers. It is found that confinement can be made to increase nearly exponentially with the number of barriers if placed correctly, but that this arrangement has an exponentially sharp dependence on both barrier position and energy