Large amplitude instability in finite difference approximations to the Klein-Gordon equation

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Lynch, Mark A M ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; SPATIAL SYMMETRY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0033208009     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9274(98)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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