Accurate Evaluation of Ellipsoidal Harmonics Using Tanh-Sinh Quadrature

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dc.contributor.advisorKnepley, Matthew G
dc.creatorKlotz, Thomas S
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T16:13:27Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T16:13:27Z
dc.date.created2017-05
dc.date.issued2017-07-20
dc.date.submittedMay 2017
dc.date.updated2017-08-01T16:13:27Z
dc.description.abstractEllipsoidal coordinates are an orthogonal coordinate system under which the Laplace equation can be solved by separation of variables. While this has many benefits over spherical coordinates for a variety of potential problems, computation in ellipsoidal coordinates is difficult. Most notably, high-order harmonics can lack closed-form solutions and the associated normalization constants require approximating a singular integral. We provide a method for computing normalization constants to machine precision using tanh-sinh quadrature which exhibits exponential convergence for a large class of functions with singular endpoints. Combined with previous efforts to make ellipsoidal harmonics more accessible, the result is a library which makes computation in ellipsoidal coordinates as accessible as computation in spherical coordinates. Finally, we apply our implementation to the mixed-dielectric solvation problem and provide work-precision analysis for the results.
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dc.identifier.citationKlotz, Thomas S. "Accurate Evaluation of Ellipsoidal Harmonics Using Tanh-Sinh Quadrature." (2017) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96000">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96000</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96000
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectellipsoidal harmonics
dc.subjectpotential theory
dc.subjectpartial differential equations
dc.subjectquadrature
dc.subjectsolvation
dc.subjectelectrostatics
dc.subjectimplicit solvation
dc.subjectmultipole expansion
dc.subjecttanh-sinh
dc.titleAccurate Evaluation of Ellipsoidal Harmonics Using Tanh-Sinh Quadrature
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentComputational and Applied Mathematics
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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