On the convergence of a linear two-step finite element method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 389-405

  Zouraris, Georgios E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element method; L2 and H1 error estimates; Linearly implicit method; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Optimal order of convergence; Two step time discretization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588794     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2001121     Document Type: Article

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