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This class of oscillatory kernels requires a more restrictive low-rank criterion than that of the low-frequency regime, and thus effective parallelizations must adapt to the modified data dependencies. We propose a simple partition at a fixed level of the octree and show that, if the partitions are properly balanced between <em>p<\/em> processes, the overall runtime is essentially <em>O(N<\/em> log <em>N\/p<\/em> + <em>p)<\/em>.By the structure of the low-rank criterion, we are able to avoid communication at the top of the octree. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our parallelization on several challenging models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This paper introduces a parallel directional fast multipole method (FMM) for solving N -body problems with highly oscillatory kernels, with a focus on the Helmholtz kernel in three dimensions. 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