The solution of boundary-value problem of Laplace’s equation for a semi-infinite strip domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions was studied by applying the similarity method. For the B.C.
, where
with constant
, positive integer
, and
in this study. The global similarity solution with
was found with similarity variable
fitted perfectly all the boundaries. Besides the global similarity solution, the new type of pseudo similarity solution of Laplace’s equation with source type and doublet type singularities in the domain was also studied. For
, and
, the pseudo similarity solutions were found with similarity variable
fitted only part of the boundaries. And the source type singularity can be found analytical near some singular point in the domain. For the boundary condition with Dirac delta function
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