Houde Han – författare

"Artificial Boundary Method" systematically introduces the artificial boundary method for the numerical solutions of partial differential equations in unbounded domains. Detailed discussions treat different types of problems, including Laplace, Helmholtz, heat, Schrödinger, and Navier and Stokes equations. Both numerical methods and error analysis are discussed. The book is intended for researchers working in the fields of computational mathematics and mechanical engineering.Prof. Houde Han works at Tsinghua University, China; Prof. Xiaonan Wu works at Hong Kong Baptist University, China.

The book focuses on  the mathematical foundations of boundary integro-differential equation method, with a primary focus on reducing the hypersingular integrals in traditional boundary integral equations into boundary integro-differential equations with weak singularities. It briefly introduces the theory of distributions, while the boundary integral equations method is grounded in the fundamental solutions of linear partial differential equations, hence a relatively detailed exposition of the fundamental solutions of differential equations is also provided. In the subsequent chapters, the authors sequentially discuss the boundary integro-differential equation methods and theories for Laplace equation, Helmholtz equation, Navier equations, Stokes equations, among others. Furthermore, the book addresses the boundary integro-differential equation method for certain nonlinear problems, such as thermal radiation, variational inequalities, and Steklov eigenvalue problems. Lastly, it explores the symmetric coupling issues between finite element and boundary element methods.