1st Edition

Advances in Dual Integral Equations

By B N Mandal, Nanigopal Mandal Copyright 1998
    232 Pages
    by Chapman & Hall

    The effectiveness of dual integral equations for handling mixed boundary value problems has established them as an important tool for applied mathematicians. Their many applications in mathematical physics have prompted extensive research over the last 25 years, and many researchers have made significant contributions to the methodology of solving and to the applications of dual integral equations. However, until now, much of this work has been available only in the form of research papers scattered throughout different journals.
    In Advances in Dual Integral Equations, the authors systematically present some of the recent developments in dual integral equations involving various special functions as kernel. They examine dual integral equations with Bessel, Legendre, and trigonometric functions as kernel plus dual integral equations involving inverse Mellin transforms. These can be particularly useful in studying certain mixed boundary value problems involving homogeneous media in continuum mechanics. However, when dealing with problems involving non-homogenous media, the corresponding equations may have different kernels. This application prompts the authors to conclude with a discussion of hybrid dual integral equations-mixed kernels with generalized associated Legendre functions and mixed kernels involving Bessel functions.
    Researchers in the theory of elasticity, fluid dynamics, and mathematical physics will find Advances in Dual Integral Equations a concise, one-stop resource for recent work addressing special functions as kernel.

    Introduction
    An Overview of Dual Integral Equations
    Two Special Methods for Solving Some Classes of Dual Integral Equations
    Dual Integral Equations with Bessel Function Kernel
    Kernels Involving a Bessel Function of the First Kind
    Kernels Involving a Bessel Function of the Second Kind
    Dual Integral Equations Related to the Kontorovich-Levedev Transform
    Dual Integral Equations Associated with Inverse Weber-Orr Transforms
    Dual Integral Equations with Spherical Harmonic Kernel
    Kernels Involving Legendre Functions
    Kernels Involving Associated Legendre Functions
    Kernels Involving Generalized Associated Legendre Functions
    Dual Integral Equations with Trigonometric Function Kernel
    Some Elementary Methods
    Solutions by Using the Generalized Mehler-Fock Inversion Theorem
    Solutions by Using the Generalized Associated Mehler-Fock Inversion Theorem
    Dual Integral Equations Involving Inverse Mellin Transforms
    Hybrid Dual Integral Equations
    Mixed Kernels with Generalized Associated Legendre Functions
    Mixed Kernels Involving Bessel Functions
    Appendix: Useful Results of some Special Functions
    Bessel Functions
    Legendre and Associated Legendre Functions
    Generalized Associated Legendre Functions
    Bibliography
    Index

    Biography

    B N Mandal, Nanigopal Mandal