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The complex variable boundary element method: Applications in determining approximative boundaries

Abstract

The complex variable boundary element method (CVBEM) is used to determine approximation functions for boundary value problems of the Laplace equation such as occurs in potential theory. By determining an approximative boundary upon which the CVBEM approximator matches the desired constant (level curves) boundary conditions, the CVBEM is found to provide the exact solution throughout the interior of the transformed problem domain. Thus, the acceptability of the CVBEM approximation is determined by the closeness-of-fit of the approximative boundary to the study problem boundary.

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T. V. Hromadka. 1984. The complex variable boundary element method: Applications in determining approximative boundaries. https://doi.org/10.1016/0264-682x(84)90033-9

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