Partial Range Completeness of Case Eigenfunctions and Numerical Solution of Singular Integral Equations of Particle Transport Problems

Abstract

We study numerical solution of Singular Integral Equations (SIE) of particle transport theory. We convert them into matrix equations by standard discretization process. It is found that the matrices are highly ill-conditioned and can be solved by Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) method. One expects that matrices resulting from expansions over Partial Range will not be ill-conditioned. We find this is not true though their ill-conditioning is an order of magnitude less than those of full or half range. Reasons for this phenomenon are explained.