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Title: Perfectly matched layers in time domain. A simplified two-dimensional error analysis (English)
Author: Bryan, Kurt M.
Author: Vogelius, Michael S.
Language: English
Journal: Applications of Mathematics
ISSN: 0862-7940 (print)
ISSN: 1572-9109 (online)
Volume: 71
Issue: 1
Year: 2026
Pages: 31-57
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: Perfectly Matched Layers (PML) has become a very common method for the numerical approximation of wave and wave-like equations on unbounded domains. This technique allows one to obtain accurate solutions while working on a finite computational domain, and the technique is relatively simple to implement. Results concerning the accuracy of the PML method have been obtained, but mostly with regard to problems at a fixed frequency. In this paper we provide very explicit time-domain bounds on the accuracy of PML for the inhomogeneous two-dimensional wave equation with a particular type of forcing term, and illustrate our conclusions with some numerical examples. (English)
Keyword: perfectly matched layer
Keyword: wave equation
Keyword: time-domain bound
MSC: 35A35
MSC: 35C99
MSC: 35L05
idZBL: Zbl 08162245
idMR: MR5029288
DOI: 10.21136/AM.2026.0055-25
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Date available: 2026-02-02T11:17:02Z
Last updated: 2026-03-02
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/153333
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