Localized boundary-domain integral equation formulation for mixed type problems

Abstract

Abstract Some modifed direct localized boundary-domain integral equations (LBDIEs) systems associated with the mixed boundary value problem (BVP) for a scalar “Laplace” PDE with variable coefficient are formulated and analyzed. The main results established in the paper are the LBDIEs equivalence to the original variable-coefficient BVPs and the invertibility of the corresponding localized boundary-domain integral operators in appropriately chosen function spaces.