Singular and Near Singular Integrals in the BEM: A Global Approach (Q5286319)

The paper deals with integrals of the form \(\int_ \Omega f(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n,z)dx_ 1\dots dx_ n\) for some fixed value of \(z\), where \(\Omega\) is a domain in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) and \(f\) is homogeneous of degree \(\beta\) in the \((n+1)\) space. Then \(\alpha=\beta+n\) can be thought of as the degree of the singularity of the integral when \(z=0\). The authors discuss the cases \(\alpha>0\), \(\alpha=0\) and \(\alpha<0\) which correspond to convergent integrals, Cauchy type integrals and hypersingular integrals, respectively. In their approach, the evaluation of the original \(n\)-dimensional integral is reduced to an integration formula on the boundary of \(\Omega\) by the introduction of a ``primitive'' function arising from a simple analytical integration in the direction normal to the surface.