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Contributions to Books:

M. Löhndorf, J. Melenk:
"Wavenumber-explicit HP-BEM for high frequency scattering";
in: "ASC Report 02/2010", issued by: Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing; Vienna University of Technology, Wien, 2010, ISBN: 978-3-902627-03-2.



English abstract:
For the Helmholtz equation (with wavenumber $k$) and analytic curves or surfaces $\Gamma$
we analyze the Galerkin discretization of classical combined field integral equations
in an $L2$-setting.
We give abstract conditions on the approximation properties of the ansatz space that ensure
stability and quasi-optimality of the Galerkin method. Special attention
is paid to the $hp$-version of the boundary element method ($hp$-BEM). Under the assumption
of polynomial growth of the solution operator we show stability and quasi-optimality of the
$hp$-BEM if the following scale resolution condition is satisfied:
the polynomial degree $p$ is at least $O(\log k)$ and $kh/p$ is bounded by a number that
is sufficiently small, but independent of $k$.
Under this assumption, the constant in the quasi-optimality estimate is independent of $k$.
Numerical examples in 2D illustrate the theoretical results and even suggest that in many cases
quasi-optimality is given under the weaker condition that $kh/p$ is sufficiently small.


Electronic version of the publication:
http://www.asc.tuwien.ac.at/preprint/2010/asc02x2010.pdf


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