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2009/01/09

16:00-17:00   Room #370 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Leevan Ling (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Effective Condition Numbers and Laplace Equations

[ Abstract ]
The condition number of a matrix is commonly used for investigating the
stability of solutions to linear algebraic systems. Recent meshless
techniques for solving PDEs have been known to give rise to
ill-conditioned matrices, yet are still able to produce results that are
close to machine accuracy. In this work, we consider the method of
fundamental solutions (MFS), which is known to solve, with extremely high
accuracy, certain
partial differential equations, namely those for which a fundamental
solution is known. To investigate the applicability of the MFS, either when
the boundary is not analytic or when the boundary data is not harmonic, we
examine the relationship between its accuracy and the effective condition
number.