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Incorporation of the Neumann condition in the variational formulation

Note: \( v\neq 0 \) only on \( \partial\Omega_N \) (since \( v=0 \) on \( \partial\Omega_D \)): $$ \int_{\partial\Omega} a\frac{\partial u}{\partial n} v\ds = \int_{\partial\Omega_N} \underbrace{a\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}}_{-g} v\ds = -\int_{\partial\Omega_N} gv\ds $$

The final variational form: $$ \int_{\Omega} (\v\cdot\nabla u + \alpha u)v\dx = -\int_{\Omega} a\nabla u\cdot\nabla v \dx - \int_{\partial\Omega_N} g v\ds + \int_{\Omega} fv \dx $$

Or with inner product notation: $$ (\v\cdot\nabla u, v) + (\alpha u,v) = - (a\nabla u,\nabla v) - (g,v)_{N} + (f,v) $$

\( (g,v)_{N} \): line or surface integral over \( \partial\Omega_N \).

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