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A numerical method to solve the direct scattering problem for the Zakharov-Shabat system associated to the initial value problem for the nonlinear Schroedinger equation is proposed. The method involves the numerical solution of Volterra…

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This paper is the direct-formulation companion to [Burbano-Gallegos, P\'erez-Arancibia, and Turc, ESAIM: M2AN, 60(1):273--315, 2026], which developed indirect combined-field-only boundary integral equations (BIEs) for time-harmonic…

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In this work, we develop a fast and accurate method for the scattering of flexural-gravity waves by a thin plate of varying thickness overlying a fluid of infinite depth. This problem commonly arises in the study of sea ice and ice shelves,…

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This paper introduces a new boundary element formulation for transient electromagnetic scattering by homogeneous dielectric objects based on the time-domain PMCHWT equation. To address dense-mesh breakdown, a multiplicative Calderon…

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We develop and analyze a new approach for simultaneously computing multiple solutions to the Helmholtz equation for different frequencies and different forcing functions. The new Multi-Frequency WaveHoltz (MFWH) algorithm is an extension of…

Based on the perfectly matched layer (PML) technique, this paper develops a high-accuracy boundary integral equation (BIE) solver for acoustic scattering problems in locally defected layered media in both two and three dimensions. The…

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A particular mix of integral equations and discretization techniques is suggested for the solution of a planar Helmholtz transmission problem with relevance to the study of surface plasmon waves. The transmission problem describes the…

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In theory, diffusion curves promise complex color gradations for infinite-resolution vector graphics. In practice, existing realizations suffer from poor scaling, discretization artifacts, or insufficient support for rich boundary…

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This paper presents an efficient parallel direct algorithm with near-optimal complexity for the compact fourth and sixth-order approximation of the three-dimensional Helmholtz equations [1] with the problem coefficient depending on only one…

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We introduce a fast direct solver for variable-coefficient elliptic partial differential equations on surfaces based on the hierarchical Poincar\'e-Steklov method. The method takes as input an unstructured, high-order quadrilateral mesh of…

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We consider the direct and inverse scattering problem for a penetrable, isotropic obstacle with a second-order Robin boundary condition, which asymptotically models the delamination of the boundary of the scatterer. We develop a direct…

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This manuscript presents an efficient solver for the linear system that arises from the Hierarchical Poincar\'e-Steklov (HPS) discretization of three dimensional variable coefficient Helmholtz problems. Previous work on the HPS method has…

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