Layer potentials on boundaries with corners and edges
One of the classical methods of solving the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem in is the method of integral equations. If we wish to use the Fredholm-Radon theory to solve the problem, it is useful to estimate the essential norm of the Neumann operator with respect to a norm on the space of continuous functions on the boundary of the domain investigated, where this norm is equivalent to the maximum norm. It is shown in the paper that under a deformation of the domain investigated by a diffeomorphism,...
This paper shows that some characterizations of the harmonic majorization of the Martin function for domains having smooth boundaries also hold for cones.
Simple examples of bounded domains are considered for which the presence of peculiar corners and edges in the boundary causes that the double layer potential operator acting on the space of all continuous functions on can for no value of the parameter be approximated (in the sub-norm) by means of operators of the form (where is the identity operator and is a compact linear operator) with a deviation less then ; on the other hand, such approximability turns out to be possible for...
Noting that a resolvent is associated with a convolution kernel satisfying the domination principle if and only if has the dominated convergence property, we give some remarks on the existence of a resolvent.