Numerical methods for the Einstein equations in null quasi-spherical coordinates

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 917-950

  Bartnik, R ^a   Norton, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black hole; Convolution spline; Einstein equations; Preconditioned elliptic system; Spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONVOLUTION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EINSTEIN EQUATIONS; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; NULL QUASI SPHERICAL COORDINATES; PRECONDITIONED ELLIPTIC SYSTEM; RADIAL INTERPOLATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 0034969789     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827599356171     Document Type: Article

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