The Neumann problem for the Laplace equation in an exterior connected plane region bounded by closed and open curves is studied. The existence of classical solution is proved by potential theory. The problem is reduced to the Fredholm equation of the second kind, which is uniquely solvable.
Analytic solution of an exterior Neumann problem in a non-convex domain
โ Scribed by G. Baganis; M. Hadjinicolaou
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0170-4214
- DOI
- 10.1002/mma.1316
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โฆ Synopsis
A new method, based on the Kelvin transformation and the Fokas integral method, is employed for solving analytically a potential problem in a non-convex unbounded domain of R 2 , assuming the Neumann boundary condition. Taking advantage of the property of the Kelvin transformation to preserve harmonicity, we apply it to the present problem. In this way, the exterior potential problem is transformed to an equivalent one in the interior domain which is the Kelvin image of the original exterior one. An integral representation of the solution of the interior problem is obtained by employing the Kelvin inversion in R 2 for the Neumann data and the 'Neumann to Dirichlet' map for the Dirichlet data. Applying next the 'reverse' Kelvin transformation, we finally obtain an integral representation of the solution of the original exterior Neumann problem.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
We extend previous results for the Neumann boundary value problem to the case of boundary data from the space H -1 2 +e (C), 0<e< 1 2 , where C = \*X is the boundary of a two-dimensional cone X with angle b<p. We prove that for these boundary conditions the solution of the Helmholtz equation in X ex