A mathematical analysis of the PML method (Q1368654)

The perfectly matched layer (PML) method for the electromagnetic computations on a finite numerical domain consists of the splitting of the usual Maxwell equations acting in different layers, creating the absorbing layer where waves decay in all directions. A detailed analysis of this formulation applied to two-dimensional transvers-electric mode of Maxwell's equations shows that the PML method is only ``weakly well-posed''. It means that its solution can diverge under some small perturbations.