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Linear Elliptic PDEs in a Cylindrical Domain with a Polygonal Cross‐Section
Author(s) -
Hitzazis I.,
Fokas A. S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1111/sapm.12187
Subject(s) - mathematics , mathematical analysis , helmholtz equation , boundary value problem , laplace transform , partial differential equation , dirichlet problem , neumann boundary condition , laplace's equation , integral equation
Integral representations for the solution of the Laplace, modified Helmholtz, and Helmholtz equations can be obtained using Green's theorem. However, these representations involve both the Dirichlet and the Neumann values on the boundary, and for a well‐posed boundary value problem (BVP) one of these functions is unknown. A new transform method for solving BVPs for linear and integrable nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs), usually referred to as the unified transform or the Fokas method, was introduced in the late 1990s. For linear elliptic PDEs in two dimensions, this method first, by employing two algebraic equations formulated in the Fourier plane, provides an elegant approach for determining the Dirichlet to Neumann map, i.e., for constructing the unknown boundary values in terms of the given boundary data. Second, this method constructs novel integral representations of the solution in terms of integrals formulated in the complex Fourier plane. In the present paper, we extend this novel approach to the case of the Laplace, modified Helmholtz, and Helmholtz equations, formulated in a three‐dimensional cylindrical domain with a polygonal cross‐section.