Wavenumber-explicit bounds in time-harmonic acoustic scattering

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2987-3024

  Spence, E A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary integral operator; Dirichlet to Neumann; Helmholtz equation; Impedance boundary condition; Neumann to Dirichlet; Semiclassical; Wavenumber explicit

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL OPERATORS; DIRICHLET; DIRICHLET-TO-NEUMANN; IMPEDANCE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SEMICLASSICAL; WAVE NUMBERS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84975082584     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: 10957111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/130932855     Document Type: Article

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