A remark on the application of interpolatory quadrature rules to the numerical solution of singular integral equations

A Cauchy type singular integral equation of the first or the second kind can be numerically solved either directly or after its reduction (by the usual regularization procedure) to an equivalent Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. The equivalence of these two methods (that is, the equivalence both of the systems of linear algebraic equations to which the singular integral equation is reduced and of the natural interpolation formulae) is proved in this paper for a class of Cauchy type singular integral equations of the first kind and of the second kind (but with constant coefficients) for general interpolatory quadrature rules under sufficiently mild assumptions. The present results constitute an extension of a series of previous results concerning only Gaussian quadrature rules, based on the corresponding orthogonal polynomials and their properties.     

Detection of multilayered media in the acoustic waveguide

This work is concerned with the inverse problem for ocean acoustics modeled by a multilayered waveguide with a finite depth. We provide explicit formulae to locate the layers, including the seabed, and reconstruct the speed of sound and the densities in each layer from measurements collected on the surface of the waveguide. We proceed in two steps. First, we use Gaussian type excitations on the upper surface of the waveguide and then from the corresponding scattered fields, collected on the same surface, we recover the boundary spectral data of the related 1D spectral problem. Second, from these spectral data, we reconstruct the values of the normal derivatives of the singular solutions, of the original waveguide problem, on that upper surface. Finally, we derive formulae to reconstruct the layers from these values based on the asymptotic expansion of these singular solutions in terms of the source points.     

Clifford分析中于特征流形上奇异积分方程的正则化

借助于多元复分析的思想，此文利用Clifford分析中于特征流形上奇异积分的两种Poincare＇-Bretrand置换公式，研究特征流形上奇异积分方程的Fredhlom理论，找到了它的正则化算子．     

Numerical Quadrature of Periodic Singular Integral Equations

This paper presents quadrature formulae for the numerical integrationof a singular integral equation with Hilbert kernel. The formulaeare based on trigonometric interpolation. By integration a quadratureformula for an integral with a logarithmic singularity is obtained.Finally it is demonstrated how a singular integral equationwith infinite support can be solved by use of the precedingformulae.     

Product integration methods based on discrete spline quasi-interpolants and application to weakly singular integral equations

Quadrature formulae are established for product integration rules based on discrete spline quasi-interpolants on a bounded interval. The integrand considered may have algebraic or logarithmic singularities. These formulae are then applied to the numerical solution of integral equations with weakly singular kernels.     

Classical solutions of two-dimensional stokes problems on non-smooth domains. Part 2: Collocation method for the radon equation

The non-uniquely solvable Radon boundary integral equation for the two-dimensional Stokes-Dirichlet problem on a non-smooth domain is transformed into a well posed one by a suitable compact perturbation of the velocity double-layer potential operator. The solution to the modified equation is decomposed into a regular part and a finite linear combination of intrinsic singular functions whose coefficients are computed from explicit formulae. Using these formulae, the classical collocation method, defined by continuous piecewise linear vector-valued basis functions, which converges slowly because of the lack of regularity of the solution, is improved into a collocation dual singular function method with optimal rates of convergence for the solution and for the coefficients of singularities.     

Local invariants of singular surfaces in an almost complex four-manifold

In this paper we define two local invariants, the local self-intersection index and the Maslov index, for singular surfaces in an almost complex four-manifold and prove formulae involving these invariants, which generalize formulae of Lai and Givental.Dedicated to Professor Masahisa Adachi on his 60th birthday.     

Resonance and asymptotic solutions of a singular perturbation problem

A singular perturbation problem for a second-order ODE witha pair of singular boundary points and a pair of interior second-orderturning points is studied. Four leading-order uniform approximationsare formally constructed, each is restricted to a region includingone critical point. The neighbouring approximations are formallymatched independently on an overlap domain, yielding an asymptoticapproximation to leading order of the general solution. Twogeneralized formulae for the singular and turning point eigenvaluesthat exhibit the resonance conditions are derived. The resonancecriteria due to the influence of every possible combinationof the critical points are investigated.     

Nonsmooth Analysis of Singular Values. Part I: Theory

The singular values of a rectangular matrix are nonsmooth functions of its entries. In this work we study the nonsmooth analysis of functions of singular values. In particular we give simple formulae for the regular subdifferential, the limiting subdifferential, and the horizon subdifferential, of such functions. Along the way to the main result we give several applications and in particular derive von Neumann’s trace inequality for singular values. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) Primary 90C31, 15A18; secondary 49K40, 26B05.Research supported by NSERC.     

On stability boundaries of conservative systems

Stability boundaries of linear conservative systems smoothly dependent on several parameters are studied. Generic singularities appearing on the stability boundaries are classified. Explicit formulae for the approximations to the stability domain at regular and singular points of the boundary are derived. These formulae use information on the system only at the point under consideration (eigenvectors and derivatives of the stiffness matrix with respect to parameters). As an example a buckling problem of a column loaded by an axial force is considered and discussed in detail.     

ON QUADRATURE FORMULAE FOR SINGULAR INTEGRALS OF ARBITRARY ORDER

Some quadrature formulae for the numerical evaluation of singular integrals of arbitrary order are established and both the estimate of remainder and the convergence of each quadrature formula derived here are also given.     

Oblique derivative and interface problems on polygonal domains and networks

We Investigate oblique derivative problems associated to the Laplace operator on a polygon and we extend our study to "polygonal interface problems" which are an extension to networks of the prevlous ones. We focus on the non variational character of such problems. We obtain index formulae, a calculus of the dimension of the kernel, an expansion of the 'semi-variational" (or weak) solutions into regular and singular parts and formulae for the coefficients of the singularities In such expanslons.     

Quadrature Formulas for Singular Integrals with Hilbert Kernel

In this paper, we first establish the quadrature formulae of proper integrals with weight by trigonometric interpolation. Then we use the method of separation of singularity to derive the quadrature formulae of corresponding singular integrals with Hilbert Kernel. The trigonometric precision, the estimate of the remainder and the convergence of each quadrature formula derived here are also established.     

Clifford分析中奇异积分的Poincaré-Bertrand置换公式

借助于多元复分析的思想，本文证明了Ｃｌｉｆｏｒｄ分析中奇异积分的Ｐｏｉｎｃａｒé－Ｂｅｒｔｒａｎｄ置换公式．     

Explicit expressions for three-dimensional boundary integrals in linear elasticity

On employing isoparametric, piecewise linear shape functions over a flat triangle, exact formulae are derived for all surface potentials involved in the numerical treatment of three-dimensional singular and hyper-singular boundary integral equations in linear elasticity. These formulae are valid for an arbitrary source point in space and are represented as analytical expressions along the edges of the integration triangle. They can be employed to solve integral equations defined on triangulated surfaces via a collocation method or may be utilized as analytical expressions for the inner integrals in a Galerkin technique. A numerical example involving a unit triangle and a source point located at various distances above it, as well as sample problems solved by a collocation boundary element method for the Lamé equation are included to validate the proposed formulae.     

On the asymptotic convergence of a collocation method for some boundary integral equations of the first kind

In this paper we present a certain collocation method for the numerical solution of a class of boundary integral equations of the first kind with logarithmic kernel as principle part. The transformation of the boundary value problem into boundary singular integral equation of the first kind via single-layer potential is discussed. A discretization and error representation for the numerical solution of boundary integral equations has been given. Quadrature formulae have been proposed and the error arising due to the quadrature formulae used has been estimated. The convergence of the solution with respect to the proposed numerical algorithm is shown and finally some numerical results have been presented.     

On Chudnovsky–Ramanujan type formulae

In a well known 1914 paper, Ramanujan gave a number of rapidly converging series for \(1/\pi \) which are derived using modular functions of higher level. Chudnovsky and Chudnovsky in their 1988 paper derived an analogous series representing \(1/\pi \) using the modular function J of level 1, which results in highly convergent series for \(1/\pi \), often used in practice. In this paper, we explain the Chudnovsky method in the context of elliptic curves, modular curves, and the Picard–Fuchs differential equation. In doing so, we also generalize their method to produce formulae which are valid around any singular point of the Picard–Fuchs differential equation. Applying the method to the family of elliptic curves parameterized by the absolute Klein invariant J of level 1, we determine all Chudnovsky–Ramanujan type formulae which are valid around one of the three singular points: \(0, 1, \infty \).     

Coercive singular perturbations II: Reduction and convergence

An algebra of pseudodifferential singular perturbations is introduced. It provides a constructive machinery in order to reduce an elliptic singularly perturbed operator (in $\text{R}$ⁿ or on a smooth manifold without border) to a regular perturbation. The technique developed is applied to some singularly perturbed boundary value problems as well. Special attention is given to a singular perturbation appearing in the linear theory of thin elastic plates. A Wiener-Hopf-type operator containing the small parameter reduces this singular perturbation to a regular one. It also gives rise to a natural recurrence process for the construction of high-order asymptotic formulae for the solution of the perturbed problem. The method presented can be extended to the general coercive singular perturbations.     

Vectorial Darboux Transformations for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Hierarchy

Summary. We consider the vectorial approach to the binary Darboux transformations for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy in its Zakharov-Shabat formulation. We obtain explicit formulae for the Darboux transformed potentials in terms of Grammian type determinants. We also study the n -th Gel'fand-Dickey hierarchy introducing spectral operators and obtaining similar results. We reduce the above-mentioned results to the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I and II real forms, obtaining corresponding vectorial Darboux transformations. In particular for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I hierarchy, we get the line soliton, the lump solution, and the Johnson-Thompson lump, and the corresponding determinant formulae for the nonlinear superposition of several of them. For Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II apart from the line solitons, we get singular rational solutions with its singularity set describing the motion of strings in the plane. We also consider the I and II real forms for the Gel'fand-Dickey hierarchies obtaining the vectorial Darboux transformation in both cases. Received June 4, 1997; final revision received March 6, 1998; accepted March 23, 1998