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Wavenumber-explicit analytic regularity of the heterogeneous Maxwell equations with impedance boundary conditions

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-18 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We consider the time-harmonic Maxwell equations at a nonzero wavenumber kCk\in\mathbb{C} on a bounded and simply connected Lipschitz domain Ω\Omega with an analytic boundary Γ\Gamma, on which we impose impedance boundary conditions. We suppose that the (possibly complex-valued) permeability and permittivity tensor fields μ1\boldsymbol{\mu}^{-1} and ε\boldsymbol{\varepsilon} are piecewise analytic in Ω\Omega and discontinuous only across certain mutually disjoint analytic surfaces inside of Ω\Omega. We show that under these circumstances, any weak solution of Maxwell's equations is piecewise analytic in Ω\Omega and that the growth of its derivatives can be controlled explicitly in the wavenumber kk.

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@article{arxiv.2603.16334,
  title  = {Wavenumber-explicit analytic regularity of the heterogeneous Maxwell equations with impedance boundary conditions},
  author = {Jens Markus Melenk and David Wörgötter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16334},
  year   = {2026}
}