A new convergence proof for finite volume schemes using the kinetic formulation of conservation laws

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 742-757

  Westdickenberg, Michael ^a   Noelle, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation laws; Convergence; Discrete entropy inequality; Entropy solutions; Finite volume scheme; Kinetic formulation; Velocity averaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010394914     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142997328068     Document Type: Article

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