Sobolev preconditioning for the Poisson-Boltzmann equation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 425-436

  Richardson Jr , W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

POISSON-BOLTZMANN EQUATION; SOBOLEV GRADIENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 0033640001     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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