The Green's function for the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation in periodic domains

Analytical techniques are described for transforming the Green's function for the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation in periodic domains from the slowly convergent representation as a series of images into forms more suitable for computation. In particular methods derived from Kummer's transformation are described, and integral representations, lattice sums and the use of Ewald's method are discussed. Green's functions suitable for problems in parallel-plate acoustic waveguides are also considered and numerical results comparing the accuracy of the various methods are presented.