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The Method of Layer Potentials : Unique Solvability of the Dirichlet Problem for Laplace's Equation in C1-domains with Lp-Boundary Data

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dc.date.accessioned 2014-11-25T12:02:18Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:21:37Z
dc.date.available 2014-11-25T12:02:18Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:21:37Z
dc.date.issued 2014-11-25T12:02:18Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/4320 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/4320
dc.title The Method of Layer Potentials : Unique Solvability of the Dirichlet Problem for Laplace's Equation in C1-domains with Lp-Boundary Data en
ethesis.discipline Applied Mathematics en
ethesis.discipline Soveltava matematiikka fi
ethesis.discipline Tillämpad matematik sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/2646f59d-c072-44e7-b1c1-4e4b8b798323
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/61364eb4-647a-40e2-8539-11c5c0af8dc2
ethesis.department Institutionen för matematik och statistik sv
ethesis.department Department of Mathematics and Statistics en
ethesis.department Matematiikan ja tilastotieteen laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Vannekoski, Joni
dct.issued 2014
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract In this thesis, we apply the method of layer potentials to prove that there is a unique solution to the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation in C^{1}-domains. We assume that C^{1}-domains are subsets of R^{d}, d≥ 2, they are bounded and they have connected boundaries. In addition, we assume that the boundary data of the Dirichlet problem belong to the Lebesgue space L^{p}(∂ D,σ) with p∈(1,∞). We will follow the work of E. B. Fabes, M. Jodeit Jr. and N. M. Rivi{\`e}re. In their work, they solved various boundary value problems in domains that were merely C^{1} by applying the method of layer potentials. The method of layer potentials is a procedure for solving the boundary value problems in the form of layer potentials. We will use it to solve the Dirichlet problem in the form of the double layer potential. The double layer potential satisfies Laplace's equation and the boundary values of the double layer potential are given by an operator \tfrac{1}{2}I+K. It turns out that in C^{1}-domains the operator K is compact on L^{p}(∂ D). Consequently, we can use the Fredholm theory to deduce that the operator \tfrac{1}{2}I+K is invertible and thus, we obtain a double layer potential solution to the Dirichlet problem. Finally, we will establish the uniqueness of the solution by using the properties of Green's function. In the end of this thesis, we will also discuss how the method of layer potentials can be applied to the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation in Lipschitz domains with L^{2}-boundary data by following the doctoral dissertation of G. H. Verchota. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251921
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