Mathematical analysis and numerical methods for science and technology. Volume 4: Integral equations and numerical methods. With the collaboration of Michel Artola, Philippe Bénilan, Michel Bernadou, Michel Cessenat, Jean-Claude Nédélec, Jacques Planchard, Bruno Scheurer. Transl. from the French by John C. Amson. (Q4933732)

In six volumes \textit{R. Dautray} and \textit{J.-L. Lions} (eds.) present the mathematical knowledge and tools required by researchers in various branches of application of mathematics for theoretical and numerical resolution of physical models on computers. The present volume 4 comprises four chapters and one appendix [see review of the first ed. (1990; Zbl 0784.73001)]. Chapter X ``Mixed problems and Tricomi equation'' (32 pp.) describes the problem of stationary flow of a compressible fluid around an obstacle. The equations are transformed into the second-order mixed-type Frankl equation. Relevant methods of solutions are discussed. Chapter XI ``Integral equations'' (127 pp.) consists of part A and part B. Part A ``Solution methods using analytic functions and selectionally analytic functions'' (76 pp.) covers various methods of solving linear integral equations including some applications. Part B ``Integral equations associated with elliptic boundary value problems in domains in \(\mathbb{R}^3\)'' (66 pp.) contains an introduction to problems of integral representation of solutions to Dirichlet and Neumann problems for various (systems of) equations: Laplace, Helmholtz, elasticity, Stokes, Laplace-Beltrami. The representations are obtained in terms of simple or double layer potentials. Also treated is the numerical solution with approximation by finite elements of integral equations on two types of surfaces in the three-dimensional space. Chapter XII ``Numerical methods for stationary problems'' (199 pp.) is a comprehensive introduction to finite element method (FEM). The principal features of finite difference method and FEM are assembled, and the basic concepts of FEM are developed mainly for the problems of three-dimensional linear elasticity. The passage from continuous to discrete problems is discussed, including numerical quadrature schemes, with error estimates. There is a description of different steps of implementation for a three-dimensional elasticity problem. More general curved geometries can be treated. A nonconforming method is presented where the essential difficulty lies in proving that a solution to the discrete problem exists. Applications to the problems of plates and shells, with inherent difficulties, are treated. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are approximated for self-adjoint and compact, as well as for non self-adjoint operators. The final chapter XIII ``Approximation of integral equations by finite elements. Error analysis'' (12 pp.) treats approximation by finite elements on a surface in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) associated with the Laplace equation. Appendix ``Singular integrals'' (56 pp.) treats the Calderon-Zygmund theorem as well as results related to Marcinkiewicz spaces. Bibliography (around 300 references) has only very few references newer than 1980. In general, the book and the whole series contain a lot of information and treat in a mathematically elegant fashion several classes of important physical and mechanical problems. The book and the series, which is written in a manner typical of the famous French school of applied mathematics, are recommended to applied mathematicians, including those involved in mathematical physics and numerical analysis. The volume should be of particular interest to persons applying finite element methods in solid and structural mechanics.