ABSTRACT

To prove that natural boundary conditions (Neumann type), namely D n 1 = D n 2 , https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315115931/4707fdd3-f34e-4bb8-b9c6-7500461af290/content/eqn16c_1.jpg"/> ε 1 E n 1 = ε 2 E n 2 , https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315115931/4707fdd3-f34e-4bb8-b9c6-7500461af290/content/eqn16c_2.jpg"/> ε 1 ∂ Φ 1 ∂ n = ε 2 ∂ Φ 2 ∂ n , https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315115931/4707fdd3-f34e-4bb8-b9c6-7500461af290/content/eqn16c_3.jpg"/> or ∂ Φ ∂ n = 0 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315115931/4707fdd3-f34e-4bb8-b9c6-7500461af290/content/eqn16c_4.jpg"/> are enforced in the process of minimizing the functional and need not be explicitly enforced. The proof makes use of Green’s theorem of vector calculus. Let us prove the theorems first.