The implementation of the boundary element method requires the evaluation of integrals with a singular integrand. A reliable and accurate calculation of these integrals can in some cases be crucial and difficult. The proposed method is a recursive reduction of the dimension of the integration domain and leads to a representation of the integral as a linear combination of one-dimensional integrals whose integrand is regular and that can be evaluated numerically and even explicitly. The 3-D Helmholtz equation is used as a model equation, but these results can be used for the Laplace and the Maxwell equations in 3-D. The integrand is decomposed into a homogeneous part and a regular part, the latter can be treated by conventional numerical integration methods. For the discretization of the domain we use planar triangles, so we evaluate integrals over the product of two triangles. The technique we have developped requires to distinguish between several geometric configurations, that's why we treat separately the case of triangles in the same plane, in secant planes and in parallel planes.
