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When does a double-layer potential equal to a single-layer one?

Analysis of PDEs 2021-12-28 v1

Abstract

Let DD be a bounded domain in R3\mathbb{R}^3 with a closed, smooth, connected boundary SS, NN be the outer unit normal to SS, k>0k>0 be a constant, uN±u_{N^{\pm}} are the limiting values of the normal derivative of uu on SS from DD, respectively D:=R3DD':=\mathbb{R}^3\setminus D; g(x,y)=eikxy4πxyg(x,y)=\frac{e^{ik|x-y|}}{4\pi |x-y|}, w:=w(x,μ):=SgN(x,s)μ(s)dsw:=w(x,\mu):=\int_S g_{N}(x,s)\mu(s)ds be the double-layer potential, u:=u(x,σ):=Sg(x,s)σ(s)dsu:=u(x,\sigma):=\int_S g(x,s)\sigma(s)ds be the single-layer potential. In this paper it is proved that for every ww there is a unique uu, such that w=uw=u in DD and vice versa. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of uu and the relation w=uw=u in DD', given ww in DD', and for the existence of ww and the relation w=uw=u in DD', given uu in DD'.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2112.13095,
  title  = {When does a double-layer potential equal to a single-layer one?},
  author = {Alexander G. Ramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.13095},
  year   = {2021}
}
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