Pseudospectral vs. finite difference methods for initial value problems with discontinuous coefficients

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 148-163

  Luo, Erding ^a   Kreiss, Heinz Otto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Initial value problem; Pseudospectral

Indexed keywords

PIECEWISE CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0032131577     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827596301698     Document Type: Article

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