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Analytic element method and groundwater flow
The analytic element method is capable of producing highly accurate solutions by combining functions and analytic elements through an advanced method of superposition. Analytic elements are mathematical expressions capable of representing a feature in an aquifer where groundwater flows. These functions have many degrees of freedom that can be used to meet the conditions along the boundary of an element. In this way, each analytic element can compensate for the influence of other elements
on its boundary, so that the boundary conditions are met. The analytic element method was applied to model a number of elliptical objects in a field of flow. The accuracy of the solution is limited only by the precision of the computer. [96–99]
