The method of fundamental solutions for elliptic boundary value problems

Advances in Computational Mathematics

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-95

  Fairweather, Graeme ^a   Karageorghis, Andreas ^a,b  

^a Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Boundary collocation; Elliptic boundary value problems; Fundamental solutions; Nonlinear least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032344733     PISSN: 10197168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018981221740     Document Type: Article

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