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Numerical integration on the sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Kendall Atkinson
Kendall Atkinson
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, U.S.A.
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This is a discussion of some numerical integration methods for surface integrals over the unit sphere in R3. Product Gaussian quadrature and finite-element type methods are considered. The paper concludes with a discussion of the evaluation of singular double layer integrals arising in potential theory.

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Research Article
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The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , January 1982 , pp. 332 - 347
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

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