4  The test problems

Two exterior Laplace problems were chosen with a circular and square boundaries and with known analytic solutions.

4.1  Circular boundary

The boundary S is a circle of radius 4, centred at the origin. The Neumann condition on the boundary is that produced by a point source at (0,1). So that
v(q) = - 4 - cosq

2 p(17 - 8 cosq)
,    q Î [0,2 p]
which has the exact solution on the boundary
j(q) = - ln( 17 - 8 cosq)

2 p
where q is the angle that p subtends clockwise about the centre of the circle from the point (0,4), as shown in figure 3.

Figure 3.

4.2  Square boundary
The boundary is a square with length of side 4 and with vertices (0,0), (4,0), (4,4), and (0,4). The Neumann boundary condition is that which is produced by a point source at (2,2).
v(d) = 1

p
(d2 + 4)-1     d Î [-2,2]
where d is the distance from the center of each side. This has the exact solution
j(d) = - 1

4 p
ln(d2 +4) .