An analysis of the exterior Neumann problem for the Poisson equation in connection with a numerical procedure

This paper is concerned with transforming the exterior problem Δu=f on Ωc, (∂u/∂n)|Γ=g, where ΩR2 is a bounded region and Ω^(c)=int(R2\Ω), into a problem represented by two equations. The first one is posed on a bounded domain and the second one is posed on the outer part of the boundary of the domain. This new problem is suitable for a numerical method based on coupling the finite and boundary element methods.