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In this article, we answer the following question: If the wave equation possesses bound states but it is exactly solvable for only a single non-zero energy, can we find all bound state solutions (energy spectrum and associated…

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It is well known that the Fourier series Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) boundary condition can be used to solve the Helmholtz equation in unbounded domains. In this work, applying such DtN boundary condition and using the finite element method,…

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We consider the homogeneous heat equation in a domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with vanishing initial data and the Dirichlet boundary condition. We are looking for solutions in $W^{r,s}_{p,q}(\Omega\times(0,T))$, where $r < 2$, $s < 1$,…

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In the formulation of the problem of scattering of monochromatic waves and the numerical simulation of the solution to the Helmholtz equation, there is a computational inconvenience: the calculation is performed on a finite grid of…

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In this paper we extend analysis of the WaveHoltz iteration -- a time-domain iterative method for the solution of the Helmholtz equation. We expand the previous analysis of energy conserving problems and prove convergence of the WaveHoltz…

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We study a Dirichlet spectral problem for a second-order elliptic operator with locally periodic coefficients in a thin domain. The boundary of the domain is assumed to be locally periodic. When the thickness of the domain $\varepsilon$…

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