A new boundary integral equation for molecular electrostatics with charges over whole space

BIT Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1071

  Xie, Dexuan ^a   Scott, L Ridgway ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric continuum model; Fredholm integral equation; Molecular electrostatics; Poisson equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962360784     PISSN: 00063835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10543-011-0329-1     Document Type: Article

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