Maurice Jaswon and boundary element methods

In the direct boundary integral equation method, boundary-value problems are reduced to integral equations by an application of Greenʹs theorem to the unknown function and a fundamental solution (Greenʹs function). Discretization of the integral equation then leads to a boundary element method. This approach was pioneered by Jaswon and his students in the early 1960s. Jaswonʹs work is reviewed together with his influence on later workers.