Local inverse estimates for non-local boundary integral operators

We prove local inverse-type estimates for the four non-local boundary integral operators associated with the Laplace operator on a bounded Lipschitz domain Ω in R for d ≥ 2 with piecewise smooth boundary. For piecewise polynomial ansatz spaces and d ∈ {2, 3}, the inverse estimates are explicit in both the local mesh width and the approximation order. An application to efficiency estimates in a posteriori error estimation in boundary element methods is given.