On the condition number of boundary integral operators for the exterior Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz equation (Q790348)
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On the condition number of boundary integral operators for the exterior Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz equation (English)
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1983
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The authors discuss the Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz and Laplace equations on some unbounded domains \(D\subset {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) when \(n=2,3\). The behaviour of the solution at infinity is given by the Sommerfeld's radiation condition. The solution is sought under the form \[ u(x)=\int_{\partial D}\phi(y)\}\partial \Phi(x,y)/\partial n(y)-i\eta \alpha(y)\Phi(x,y)\}ds(y),\quad x\in D \] which leads to the integral equation \[ (1/2)\phi(x)+\int_{\partial D}\phi(y)\{\partial \Phi(x,y)/\partial n(y)-i\eta \alpha(y)\Phi(x,y)\}ds(y)=f(x),\quad x\in D. \] Here \(\eta>0\), \(\alpha\in C(\partial D)\), \(\alpha>0\) are regarded as parameters. Using the notation \(M=I+L-i\eta S\), the integral equation is written under the form \(M\Phi =2f\). The aim of the paper is to determine the variation of \(\eta\) such that cond M\(=(\lambda_{Max}/\lambda_{Min})^{1/2}\) is minimal, where \(\lambda_{Max}\) and \(\lambda_{Min}\) are the greatest resp. the smallest eigenvalues of \(M^*M\). The numerical results refer to the exterior of the unit sphere when \(n=3\), to the exterior of the unit disk when \(n=2\) and to the exterior of an ellipse when the integral equation is discretized.
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condition number
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boundary integral operators
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exterior Dirichlet problem
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Helmholtz equation
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single-layer potential
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double-layer potential
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integral equation method
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Sommerfeld's radiation condition
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