Numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation I: spectrally accurate approximation of the collision operator

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1217-1245

  Pareschi, Lorenzo ^a   Russo, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Spectral galerkin methods; Splitting algorithms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001752597     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142998343300     Document Type: Article

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