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A new method is introduced for studying boundary value problems for a class of linear PDEs with {\it variable} coefficients. This method is based on ideas recently introduced by the author for the study of boundary value problems for PDEs…
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Integral equation based numerical methods are directly applicable to homogeneous elliptic PDEs, and offer the ability to solve these with high accuracy and speed on complex domains. In this paper, extensions to problems with inhomogeneous…
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