TY - JOUR T1 - On Boundary Integral Equations of the First Kind AU - George C. Hsiao JO - Journal of Computational Mathematics VL - 2 SP - 121 EP - 131 PY - 1989 DA - 1989/07 SN - 7 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jcm/9462.html KW - AB -

A large class of elliptic boundary value problems in elasticity and fluid mechanics can be reduced to systems of boundary integral equations of the first kind. This paper summarizes some of the basic concepts and results concerning the mathematical foundation of boundary element methods for treating such a class of boundary integral equations.