FOURTH-ORDER COMPACT SCHEMES FOR HELMHOLTZ EQUATIONS WITH PIECEWISE WAVE NUMBERS IN THE POLAR COORDINATES

In this paper, fourth-order compact finite difference schemes are proposed for solving Helmholtz equation with piecewise wave numbers in polar coordinates with axis-symmetric and in some cases that the solution depends both of independent variables. The idea of the immersed interface method is applied to deal with the discontinuities in the wave number and certain derivatives of the solution. Numerical experiments are included to confirm the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method.