Numerical solution of a linear elliptic partial differential equation with variable coefficients : a complex variable boundary element approach

• Main Author: Ang, Whye Teong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mathematics and analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94288; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7283
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article presents a complex variable boundary element method for the numerical solution of a second order elliptic partial differential equation with variable coefficients. To assess the validity and accuracy of the method, it is applied to solve some specific problems with known solutions.