Solution of certain boundary value problems of potential theory and elasticity theory for a half-space with a paraboloidal cavity

A method for solving boundary value problems for the Laplace equation in a half space with a paraboloidal cavity or a paraboloidal segment is suggested. Using formulas for the re-expansion of the fundamental solutions of the Laplace equation from a cylindrical to a paraboloidal coordinate system and their inverses, the basic and certain mixed problems are reduced to Fredholm integral equations or systems of equations of the second kind with completely continuous operators in a certain Hilbert space. The problem of torsion of an elastic half-space with a paraboloidal cavity by a stamp linked to part of the surface of the paraboloid and the problem of distribution of electricity on a paraboloidal segment located in the half-space are considered.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 4, pp. 33–40, 1985.