Mesh-Centered Finite Differences from Nodal Finite Elements for Elliptic Problems

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-465

  Hennart, J P ^a   Del Valle, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elliptic problems; Mesh centered finite differences; Nodal methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008722860     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2426(199807)14:4<439::AID-NUM2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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