A Dissipative Algorithm for Wave-like Equations in the Characteristic Formulation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-74

  Lehner, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivation of finite difference approximations; Electromagnetism, other; Stability and convergence of difference methods

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RELATIVITY;

ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING; CHARACTERISTIC SURFACES; DERIVATION OF FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATION; DIFFERENCE METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETISM, OTHER; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR WAVES; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE OF DIFFERENCE METHOD; WAVE-LIKE EQUATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0002446238     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.6137     Document Type: Article

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