A family of P-stable eighth algebraic order methods with exponential fitting facilities

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-189

  Aguiar, J V ^a   Simos, T E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c Amfithea Paleon Faliron   (Greece)

Author keywords

Error control; P stability; Phase shift problem; Scattering problems; Schr dinger equation; Variable step

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315407     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010972322815     Document Type: Article

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