From finite differences to finite elements. A short history of numerical analysis of partial differential equations

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-54

  Thomée, Vidar ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Finite elements methods; History

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

FINITE DIFFERENCES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION;

EID: 0035281552     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(00)00507-0     Document Type: Article

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