Numerical methods for the Landau-Lifshitz equation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1647-1665

  Weinan, E ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Ping ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Landau Lifshitz equation; Micromagnetics; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034547805     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142999352199     Document Type: Article

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