Numerical Optimization of Low Eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacians

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-257

  Antunes, Pedro R S ^a,b   Freitas, Pedro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacian; Eigenvalues; Method of fundamental solutions; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIRICHLET; DIRICHLET AND NEUMANN LAPLACIAN; EIGEN-VALUE; EUCLIDEAN DOMAIN; LAPLACIANS; METHOD OF FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS; NEUMANN; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES;

GRADIENT METHODS;

EID: 84862581900     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: 15732878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-011-9983-3     Document Type: Article

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