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Time discretization of parabolic boundary integral equations

by Ch. Lubich and R. Schneider

(Report number 1991-08)

Abstract
In time-dependent boundary integral equations, a boundary element me\-thod in space can be coupled with a different type of discretization in time. For the latter a procedure based on linear multistep methods is proposed, which is applicable whenever the Laplace transform of the fundamental solution is known. The stability properties of the method are obtained from those of the underlying multistep method. In the absence of a space discretization, the numerical solution given by the proposed method is identical to that of a semi-discretization in time of the partial differential equation by the under\-lying multistep method. The theory is presented for the single layer potential equation of the heat equation. Convergence estimates, which are pointwise in time and expressed in terms of the boundary data, are obtained for full discretizations using Galerkin or collocation boundary element methods in space. Numerical examples are included.

Keywords: boundary integral equation, parabolic differentialequation, convolution quadrature, multistep method, boundary element method, Galerkin, collocation, parameter-dependent pseudodifferential calculus

@Techreport{LS91_8,
  author = {Ch. Lubich and R. Schneider},
  title = {Time discretization of parabolic boundary integral equations},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {1991-08},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports1991/1991-08.pdf },
  year = {1991}
}

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