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20142026
most citedInterpolation of Hilbert and Sobolev Spaces: Quantitative Estimates and Counterexamples

63 citations · 243 across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

math.NA2026

A note on the convergence analysis of Laguerre approximations for analytic functions

Thomas Caussade, David P. Hewett

In a recent paper (H. Wang, Math. Comp. 93, 2861-2884, 2024), Wang has presented a number of results concerning the convergence of approximations based on generalised Laguerre poly…

math.AP2026

Integral Equation Methods for Scattering by Multifractal Obstacles

Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, Gabriel Claret, David P. Hewett +2

Caetano et al. (Proc. R. Soc. A. 481:20230650, 2025) have proposed a formulation for sound-soft acoustic scattering by a compact scatterer O Rn, in which the scattered fi…

math.NA2026

A discontinuous Galerkin method with fractal elements

Sergio Gómez, David Hewett, Andrea Moiola

We formulate, analyse, and implement a discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DG-FEM) for the approximation of the solution of an elliptic boundary value problem in a domain…

math.NA2026

Acoustic scattering by fractal inhomogeneities via geometry-conforming Galerkin methods for the Lippmann-Schwinger equation

Joshua Bannister, David P. Hewett, Andrew Gibbs

We propose and analyse a numerical method for time-harmonic acoustic scattering in , , by a class of inhomogeneities (penetrable scatterers) with fractal bound…

math.NA2025

Discontinuous piecewise polynomial approximation on non-Lipschitz domains

David P Hewett

We prove best approximation error estimates for discontinuous piecewise polynomial approximation in fractional Sobolev spaces on non-Lipschitz meshes of non-Lipschitz domains. In p…

math.FA2025

Properties of IFS attractors with non-empty interiors, related rough domains, and associated function spaces and scattering problems

António Caetano, Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, David P. Hewett

We study fractal sets with non-empty interior , that are attractors of iterated function systems (IFSs) of contracting similarities satisfying the open s…

math.FA2025

Kernels of trace operators via fine continuity

Michael Hinz, Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, David P. Hewett

Given a closed subset of that is the support of a measure , we study the kernels of trace operators from fractional Sobolev spaces into…

math.AP2023

A caustic terminating at an inflection point

J. R. Ockendon, H. Ockendon, R. H. Tew +2

We present an asymptotic and numerical study of the evolution of an incoming wavefield which has a caustic close to a curve with an inflection point. Our results reveal the emergen…

math.NA2023★ 1 cited

Integral equation methods for acoustic scattering by fractals

A. M. Caetano, S. N. Chandler-Wilde, X. Claeys +3

We study sound-soft time-harmonic acoustic scattering by general scatterers, including fractal scatterers, in 2D and 3D space. For an arbitrary compact scatterer we reformulate…

math.NA2023

Numerical evaluation of oscillatory integrals via automated steepest descent contour deformation

A. Gibbs, D. P. Hewett, D. Huybrechs

Steepest descent methods combining complex contour deformation with numerical quadrature provide an efficient and accurate approach for the evaluation of highly oscillatory integra…

math.NA2023

Numerical evaluation of singular integrals on non-disjoint self-similar fractal sets

Andrew Gibbs, David P. Hewett, Botond Major

We consider the numerical evaluation of a class of double integrals with respect to a pair of self-similar measures over a self-similar fractal set (the attractor of an iterated fu…

math.NA2022★ 6 cited

A Hausdorff-measure boundary element method for acoustic scattering by fractal screens

António M. Caetano, Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, Andrew Gibbs +2

Sound-soft fractal screens can scatter acoustic waves even when they have zero surface measure. To solve such scattering problems we make what appears to be the first application o…

math.NA2021★ 7 cited

Numerical Quadrature for Singular Integrals on Fractals

A. Gibbs, D. P. Hewett, A. Moiola

We present and analyse numerical quadrature rules for evaluating regular and singular integrals on self-similar fractal sets. The integration domain is assumed to be…

math.NA2020

Acoustic scattering by impedance screens/cracks with fractal boundary: well-posedness analysis and boundary element approximation

J. Bannister, A. Gibbs, D. P. Hewett

We study time-harmonic scattering in () by a planar screen (a "crack" in the context of linear elasticity), assumed to be a non-empty bounded relatively open…

math.NA2020

Accelerated Calderón preconditioning for Maxwell transmission problems

Antigoni Kleanthous, Timo Betcke, David P. Hewett +3

We investigate a range of techniques for the acceleration of Calderón (operator) preconditioning in the context of boundary integral equation methods for electromagnetic transmissi…

math.NA2019

Fast hybrid numerical-asymptotic boundary element methods for high frequency screen and aperture problems based on least-squares collocation

Andrew Gibbs, David Hewett, Daan Huybrechs +1

We present a hybrid numerical-asymptotic (HNA) boundary element method (BEM) for high frequency scattering by two-dimensional screens and apertures, whose computational cost to ach…

math.NA2019★ 4 cited

Boundary element methods for acoustic scattering by fractal screens

Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, David P. Hewett, Andrea Moiola +1

We study boundary element methods for time-harmonic scattering in () by a fractal planar screen, assumed to be a non-empty bounded subset of the hyperplan…

math.FA2019★ 12 cited

Density results for Sobolev, Besov and Triebel--Lizorkin spaces on rough sets

António Caetano, David P. Hewett, Andrea Moiola

We investigate two density questions for Sobolev, Besov and Triebel--Lizorkin spaces on rough sets. Our main results, stated in the simplest Sobolev space setting, are that: (i) fo…

math.NA2018★ 14 cited

Calderón preconditioning of PMCHWT boundary integral equations for scattering by multiple absorbing dielectric particles

Antigoni Kleanthous, Timo Betcke, David P. Hewett +2

We consider the simulation of electromagnetic scattering by single and multiple isotropic homogeneous dielectric particles using boundary integral equations. Galerkin discretizatio…

math.NA2018★ 7 cited

Electromagnetic shielding by thin periodic structures and the Faraday cage effect

Bérangère Delourme, David P. Hewett

In this note we consider the scattering of electromagnetic waves (governed by the time-harmonic Maxwell equations) by a thin periodic layer of perfectly conducting obstacles. The s…

math-ph2018

Contour integral solutions of the parabolic wave equation

David P. Hewett, John R. Ockendon, Valery P. Smyshlyaev

We present a simple systematic construction and analysis of solutions of the two-dimensional parabolic wave equation that exhibit far-field localisation near a given algebraic plan…

math.NA2017

A hybrid numerical-asymptotic boundary element method for high frequency scattering by penetrable convex polygons

Samuel P. Groth, David P. Hewett, Stephen Langdon

We present a novel hybrid numerical-asymptotic boundary element method for high frequency acoustic and electromagnetic scattering by penetrable (dielectric) convex polygons. Our me…

math.AP2016

Well-posed PDE and integral equation formulations for scattering by fractal screens

Simon N. Chandler-Wilde, David P. Hewett

We consider time-harmonic acoustic scattering by planar sound-soft (Dirichlet) and sound-hard (Neumann) screens embedded in for or . In contrast to previo…

math.FA2016★ 1 cited

A note on properties of the restriction operator on Sobolev spaces

David P. Hewett, Andrea Moiola

In our companion paper (S.N. Chandler Wilde, D.P. Hewett, A. Moiola, Sobolev spaces on non-Lipschitz subsets of with application to boundary integral equations on fr…