Numerical solution of Fisher's equation using a moving mesh method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 726-746

  Qiu, Y ^a   Sloan, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DIFFERENTIAL/ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; EQUIDISTRIBUTION; FISHER'S EQUATION; MONITOR FUNCTIONS; MOVING MESH; MOVING MESH METHOD; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; TRAVELING WAVE SOLUTION;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 0032209198     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.6081     Document Type: Article

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