A volume integral equation method for periodic scattering problems for anisotropic Maxwell's equations

This paper presents a volume integral equation method for an electromagnetic scattering problem for three-dimensional Maxwell's equations in the presence of a biperiodic, anisotropic, and possibly discontinuous dielectric scatterer. Such scattering problem can be reformulated as a strongly singular volume integral equation (i.e., integral operators that fail to be weakly singular). In this paper, we firstly prove that the strongly singular volume integral equation satisfies a Gårding-type estimate in standard Sobolev spaces. Secondly, we rigorously analyze a spectral Galerkin method for solving the scattering problem. This method relies on the periodization technique of Gennadi Vainikko that allows us to efficiently evaluate the periodized integral operators on trigonometric polynomials using the fast Fourier transform (FFT). The main advantage of the method is its simple implementation that avoids for instance the need to compute quasiperiodic Green's functions. We prove that the numerical solution of the spectral Galerkin method applied to the periodized integral equation converges quasioptimally to the solution of the scattering problem. Some numerical examples are provided for examining the performance of the method.     

Singular integral operators on tent spaces over spaces of homogeneous type: Fefferman–Stein box maximal functions and pointwise Carleson type estimates

In this article we generalize the singular integral operator theory on weighted tent spaces to spaces of homogeneous type. This generalization of operator theory is in the spirit of C. Fefferman and Stein since we use some auxiliary functionals on tent spaces which play roles similar to the Fefferman–Stein sharp and box maximal functions in the Lebesgue space setting. Our contribution in this operator theory is twofold: for singular integral operators (including maximal regularity operators) on tent spaces pointwise Carleson type estimates are proved and this recovers known results; on the underlying space no extra geometrical conditions are needed and this could be useful for future applications to parabolic problems in rough settings.     

A trigonometric Galerkin method for volume integral equations arising in TM grating scattering

Transverse magnetic (TM) scattering of an electromagnetic wave from a periodic dielectric diffraction grating can mathematically be described by a volume integral equation.This volume integral equation, however, in general fails to feature a weakly singular integral operator. Nevertheless, after a suitable periodization, the involved integral operator can be efficiently evaluated on trigonometric polynomials using the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and iterative methods can be used to solve the integral equation. Using Fredholm theory, we prove that a trigonometric Galerkin discretization applied to the periodized integral equation converges with optimal order to the solution of the scattering problem. The main advantage of this FFT-based discretization scheme is that the resulting numerical method is particularly easy to implement, avoiding for instance the need to evaluate quasiperiodic Green’s functions.     

On solvability of differential equations with the Riesz fractional derivative

We consider the solvability of fractional differential equations involving the Riesz fractional derivative. Our approach basically relies on the reduction of the problem considered to the equivalent nonlinear mixed Volterra and Cauchy-type singular integral equation and on the theory of fractional calculus. By establishing a compactness property of the Riemann–Liouville fractional integral operator on Lebesgue spaces and using the well-known Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem, an existence of at least one solution is gleaned. An example is finally included to show the applicability of the theory.     

Singular integral operators on product Triebel-Lizorkin spaces

In this paper, we consider the rough singular integral operators on product Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and prove certain boundedness properties on the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces. We also use the same method to study the fractional integral operator and the Littlewood-Paley functions. The results extend some known results.     

Weighted generalized functions and hyperbolic Riesz B‐potential

The paper is devoted to the study of the fractional integral operator, which is a negative real power of the singular wave operator generated by Bessel operator using weighted generalized functions. We give conditions for this operator to be bounded in appropriate spaces, obtain formula for the Hankel transform of this operator, and get formula of connection between this operator and natural degree of singular wave operator generated by Bessel operator.     

The operator equations of Lippmann–Schwinger type for acoustic and electromagnetic scattering problems in L 2

This article is concerned with the scattering of acoustic and electromagnetic time harmonic plane waves by an inhomogeneous medium. These problems can be translated into volume integral equations of the second kind – the most prominent example is the Lippmann–Schwinger integral equation. In this work, we study a particular class of scattering problems where the integral operator in the corresponding operator equation of Lippmann–Schwinger type fails to be compact. Such integral equations typically arise if the modelling of the inhomogeneous medium necessitates space-dependent coefficients in the highest order terms of the underlying partial differential equation. The two examples treated here are acoustic scattering from a medium with a space-dependent material density and electromagnetic medium scattering where both the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability vary. In these cases, Riesz theory is not applicable for the solution of the arising integral equations of Lippmann–Schwinger type. Therefore, we show that positivity assumptions on the relative material parameters allow to prove positivity of the arising volume potentials in tailor-made weighted spaces of square integrable functions. This result merely holds for imaginary wavenumber and we exploit a compactness argument to conclude that the arising integral equations are of Fredholm type, even if the integral operators themselves are not compact. Finally, we explain how the solution of the integral equations in L ² affects the notion of a solution of the scattering problem and illustrate why the order of convergence of a Galerkin scheme set up in L ² does not suffer from our L ² setting, compared to schemes in higher order Sobolev spaces.     

Closed embeddings of Hilbert spaces

Motivated by questions related to embeddings of homogeneous Sobolev spaces and to comparison of function spaces and operator ranges, we introduce the notion of closely embedded Hilbert spaces as an extension of that of continuous embedding of Hilbert spaces. We show that this notion is a special case of that of Hilbert spaces induced by unbounded positive selfadjoint operators that corresponds to kernel operators in the sense of L. Schwartz. Certain canonical representations and characterizations of uniqueness of closed embeddings are obtained. We exemplify these constructions by closed, but not continuous, embeddings of Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions. An application to the closed embedding of a homogeneous Sobolev space on Rn in L₂(Rn), based on the singular integral operator associated to the Riesz potential, and a comparison to the case of the singular integral operator associated to the Bessel potential are also presented. As a second application we show that a closed embedding of two operator ranges corresponds to absolute continuity, in the sense of T. Ando, of the corresponding kernel operators.     

Shape derivative of the volume integral operator in electromagnetic scattering by homogeneous bodies

We study the shape derivative of the strongly singular volume integral operator that describes time‐harmonic electromagnetic scattering from homogeneous medium. We show the existence and a representation of the derivative, and we deduce a characterization of the shape derivative of the solution to the diffraction problem as a solution to a volume integral equation of the second kind.     

Solution of certain weakly singular integral equations of the first kind with indefinite parameters

In this paper we study a two-dimensional weakly singular integral equation of the first kind with logarithmic kernel. We construct a pair of spaces of the desired elements and the right-hand sides, where we prove the correctness of the problem under consideration and obtain inversion formulas for the integral operator.     

The boundedness of the Cauchy singular integral operator in weighted Besov type spaces with uniform norms

The mapping properties of the Cauchy singular integral operator with constant coefficients are studied in couples of spaces equipped with weighted uniform norms. Recently weighted Besov type spaces got more and more interest in approximation theory and, in particular, in the numerical analysis of polynomial approximation methods for Cauchy singular integral equations on an interval. In a scale of pairs of weighted Besov spaces the authors state the boundedness and the invertibility of the Cauchy singular integral operator. Such result was not expected for a long time and it will affect further investigations essentially. The technique of the paper is based on properties of the de la Vallée Poussin operator constructed with respect to some Jacobi polynomials.     

Singular Integral Operators with Cauchy Kernel in Fractional Spaces

We single out the Besov spaces that embed into the class of continuous functions and enjoy the Fredholm theory of linear singular integral equations with Cauchy kernel. We give basic results of this theory in the class of continuous (rather than Holder continuous) functions in terms of Besov spaces. Alongside elliptic operators we consider violations of ellipticity: the degeneration of the symbol of an operator at finitely many points.     

Volume integral equations for scattering from anisotropic diffraction gratings

We analyze electromagnetic scattering of transverse magnetic polarized waves from a diffraction grating consisting of a periodic, anisotropic, and possibly negative index dielectric material. Such scattering problems are important for the modelization of, for example, light propagation in nano‐optical components and metamaterials. The periodic scattering problem can be reformulated as a strongly singular volume integral equation, a technique that attracts continuous interest in the engineering community but has rarely received rigorous theoretic treatment. In this paper, we prove new (generalized) Gårding inequalities in weighted and unweighted Sobolev spaces for the strongly singular integral equation. These inequalities also hold for materials for which the real part of the material parameter takes negative values inside the diffraction grating, independently of the value of the imaginary part. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Singular integral operators in a weighted L2-space

Cauchy singular integral operators are characterized as operators in a weighted L²-space. The integral operator arises from a singular integral equation with variable coefficients. An appropriate weight function associated with the singular integral operator is constructed, and the set of polynomials orthogonal with respect to this weight function is defined. The action of the operator on polynomial sets is studied, and the definition of the operator is extended to a weighted L²-space. In this space, the operator is shown to be bounded, and, in some cases, isometric. Formulas are developed for the composition of the singular integral operator and its one sided inverse.     

Multilinear integral operators and mean oscillation

In this paper, the boundedness properties for some multilinear operators related to certain integral operators from Lebesgue spaces to Orlicz spaces are obtained. The operators include Calderón—Zygmund singular integral operator, fractional integral operator, Littlewood—Paley operator and Marcinkiewicz operator.     

The limiting behaviour of solutions of the acoustic transmission problems

The boundary integral equations for the transmission problems for the scalar Helmholtz equation have the property that the dimension of the null spaces changes as the transmission parameter tends to zero in the case where the wave number is an interior eigenvalue. Therefore, the investigation of the continuous dependence of solutions of the transmission problems leads to a certain singular perturbation problem. In order to investigate this problem, we generalize a perturbation theorem for parameter dependent linear operator equations of the second kind in Banach spaces given by Kress [6, 7]. In our study we also introduce a new integral equation formulation for the transmission problem which is better situated for our purposes than the classical approach.     

On the regularity of solutions to integral equations with nonsmooth kernels on a union of open intervals

The behaviour of a solution to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind on a union of open intervals is examined. The kernel of the corresponding integral operator may have diagonal singularities, information about them is given through certain estimates. The weighted spaces of smooth functions with boundary singularities containing the solution of the integral equation are described.     

次线性算子在一类广义Morrey空间上的有界性及其应用

证明了一组次线性算子及其交换子,如具有粗糙核的Calderón-Zygmund算子、Ricci-Stein振荡奇异积分、Marcinkiewicz积分、分数次积分和振荡分数次积分及其交换子,在一类广义Morrey空间上的有界性.作为应用得到了非散度型椭圆方程在上述Morrey空间的内部正则性.     

On the solvability of a complete two-dimensional hypersingular integral equation

We study the solvability of a complete two-dimensional linear hypersingular integral equation that contains a hypersingular integral operator in which the integral is understood in the sense of Hadamard finite value as well as an integral operator in which the integral is understood in the sense of principal value, an integral operator with a weakly singular kernel, and an integral-free term. We consider smooth solutions in the class of functions that have Hölder continuous derivatives outside a neighborhood of the boundary. We prove the Fredholm alternative and estimate the norm of the solution in a special metric.     

Conical diffraction by multilayer gratings: a recursive integral equation approach

The paper is devoted to an integral equation algorithm for studying the scattering of plane waves by multilayer diffraction gratings under oblique incidence. The scattering problem is described by a system of Helmholtz equations with piecewise constant coefficients in ?² coupled by special transmission conditions at the interfaces between different layers. Boundary integral methods lead to a system of singular integral equations, containing at least two equations for each interface. To deal with an arbitrary number of material layers we present the extension of a recursive procedure developed by Maystre for normal incidence, which transforms the problem to a sequence of equations with 2×2 operator matrices on each interface. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the applicability of the algorithm are derived.