Spurious modes in finite-element discretizations of the wave equation may not be all that bad

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-445

  Mulder, W A ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FOURIER ANALYSIS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033164986     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9274(98)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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