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Brinkman-type Operators on Riemannian Manifolds: Transmission Problems in Lipschitz and C 1 Domains

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In this paper we use the method of boundary integral equations to treat some transmission problems for Brinkman-type operators on Lipschitz and C 1 domains in Riemannian manifolds.

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Mirela Kohr is supported by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, UEFISCSU Grants, PN-II-ID-525/2007 and 524/2007.

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Kohr, M., Pintea, C. & Wendland, W.L. Brinkman-type Operators on Riemannian Manifolds: Transmission Problems in Lipschitz and C 1 Domains. Potential Anal 32, 229–273 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11118-009-9151-7

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