On two types of convergence in the method of auxiliary sources

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2022-2033

  Fikioris, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Convergence of numerical methods; Fredholm integral equations; Scattering

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTEGRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FREDHOLM INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF AUXILIARY SOURCES; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746870720     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.877171     Document Type: Article

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