A boundary functional for the least-squares finite-element solution of neutron transport problems

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 556-586

  Manteuffel, Thomas A ^a   Ressel, Klaus J ^b   Starke, Gerhard ^c  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Boundary functional; Finite element discretization; Least squares variational formulation; Neutron transport equation; PN approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007992212     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036142998344706     Document Type: Article

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