International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Jan 2005)

The dock problem revisited

  • A. Chakrabarti,
  • B. N. Mandal,
  • Rupanwita Gayen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.3459
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2005, no. 21
pp. 3459 – 3470

Abstract

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The well-known semi-infinite dock problem of the theory of scattering of surface water waves is reexamined and known results are recovered by utilizing a Fourier type of analysis, giving rise to Carleman-type singular integral equations over semi-infinite ranges.