Analysis of two-operator boundary-domain integral equations for
variable-coefficient Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems in 2D
with general right-hand side
Abstract
The Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems (BVPs) for the linear
second-order scalar elliptic differential equation with variable
coefficients in a bounded two-dimensional domain are considered. The PDE
right-hand side belongs to $H^{-1}(\Omega)$ or
$\widetilde{H}^{-1}(\Omega),$
when neither classical nor canonical conormal derivatives of solutions
are well defined. Using the two-operator approach and appropriate
parametrix (Levi function) each problem is reduced to two different
systems of two-operator boundary-domain integral equations (BDIEs).
Although the theory of BDIEs in 3D is well developed, the BDIEs in 2D
need a special consideration due to their different equivalence
properties. As a result, we need to set conditions on the domain or on
the associated Sobolev spaces to ensure the invertibility of
corresponding parametrix-based integral layer potentials and hence the
unique solvability of BDIEs. The equivalence of the two-operator BDIE
systems to the original problems, BDIE system solubility, solution
uniquness/nonuniquness and invertibility BDIE system are analyzed in the
appropriate Sobolev (Bessel potential) spaces. It is shown that the BDIE
operators for the Neumann BVP are not invertible, and appropriate
finite-dimensional perturbations are constructed leading to
invertibility of the perturbed operators.