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    Numerical solutions of a boundary value problem on the sphere using radial basis functions

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    Boundary value problems on the unit sphere arise naturally in geophysics and oceanography when scientists model a physical quantity on large scales. Robust numerical methods play an important role in solving these problems. In this article, we construct numerical solutions to a boundary value problem defined on a spherical sub-domain (with a sufficiently smooth boundary) using radial basis functions (RBFs). The error analysis between the exact solution and the approximation is provided. Numerical experiments are presented to confirm theoretical estimates
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